MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 16 OCT 25 Station: 48.04,-97.07 Latitude: 48.04 Longitude: -97.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 43 SFC 975 256 16.2 14.1 87 2.2 14.8 32 4 291.5 293.3 289.0 320.9 10.39 2 950 480 15.6 13.6 88 2.0 14.3 118 5 293.0 294.8 289.5 322.4 10.33 3 900 939 13.8 13.1 96 0.7 13.4 171 16 295.7 297.6 290.6 326.2 10.58 4 850 1420 11.6 11.4 99 0.2 11.5 193 20 298.3 300.2 291.0 327.5 10.02 5 800 1926 9.2 8.5 95 0.7 8.8 200 24 301.0 302.6 290.8 326.8 8.74 6 750 2461 8.9 6.5 85 2.3 7.5 207 30 306.2 307.7 291.9 330.8 8.13 7 700 3033 8.1 2.8 69 5.3 5.1 220 34 311.5 312.8 292.3 332.3 6.70 8 650 3642 4.4 -2.0 63 6.3 1.1 227 31 313.9 314.9 291.7 330.0 5.09 9 600 4288 -0.7 -7.2 61 6.5 -3.7 227 32 315.3 316.0 290.9 327.2 3.70 10 550 4976 -5.3 -13.5 52 8.3 -8.4 227 43 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.9 2.44 11 500 5718 -10.2 -16.3 60 6.2 -12.3 230 52 320.7 321.1 291.1 327.8 2.13 12 450 6521 -15.8 -20.2 69 4.5 -17.1 231 51 323.4 323.8 291.5 329.3 1.70 13 400 7399 -22.1 -24.1 84 2.0 -22.6 226 49 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.0 1.37 14 350 8365 -29.8 -32.2 79 2.5 -30.2 224 55 328.6 328.8 292.0 331.3 0.73 15 300 9444 -38.4 -47.0 40 8.6 -39.1 228 67 331.2 331.3 292.2 332.0 0.18 16 250 10673 -47.0 -56.6 33 9.5 -47.4 233 73 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12122 -55.9 -65.3 30 9.4 -56.1 239 70 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13912 -64.5 -74.1 26 9.5 -64.6 239 59 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16399 -62.0 -84.1 4 22.1 -62.2 269 30 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.81 m Freezing level: 607.22 mb = 4194.35 m = 13760.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.21 mb = 3789.40 m = 12432.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.91 % Est. max temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.41 mb = 529.95 m = 1738.66 ft T: 15.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 0.75 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1274.17 m = 4180.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.27 C = 72.09 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.99 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 27.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6707.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.10 mb = 881.24 m = 2891.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 294.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 141.91 m/s