MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 43.15,-95.35 Latitude: 43.15 Longitude: -95.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 398 SFC 946 436 25.2 12.4 45 12.8 16.9 169 15 303.1 304.9 292.2 331.7 9.59 3 900 869 20.6 10.8 53 9.8 14.4 177 29 302.8 304.4 291.6 329.8 9.08 4 850 1359 16.0 9.4 65 6.6 12.0 184 33 302.9 304.5 291.5 329.0 8.76 5 800 1871 11.2 8.0 81 3.2 9.3 189 36 303.1 304.6 291.2 328.3 8.45 6 750 2406 6.6 5.7 94 0.9 6.1 194 36 303.8 305.2 290.8 326.9 7.71 7 700 2972 6.2 -10.1 30 16.2 -0.7 198 44 309.3 309.8 287.9 317.4 2.54 8 650 3575 2.1 -14.6 28 16.7 -4.2 196 48 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.5 1.89 9 600 4214 -3.0 -17.1 33 14.0 -7.8 197 46 312.6 312.9 288.1 318.1 1.67 10 550 4896 -7.9 -17.3 46 9.5 -11.0 200 42 314.8 315.1 288.9 320.7 1.78 11 500 5629 -13.7 -16.1 82 2.4 -14.5 196 41 316.3 316.8 289.8 323.6 2.18 12 450 6421 -19.3 -25.0 61 5.7 -20.7 192 51 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.8 1.12 13 400 7286 -25.3 -26.9 86 1.6 -25.6 196 58 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.8 1.05 14 350 8244 -31.6 -33.4 84 1.8 -31.9 200 45 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.5 0.65 15 300 9314 -40.3 -42.1 83 1.7 -40.5 195 51 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.32 16 250 10527 -51.5 -52.5 89 1.0 -51.5 195 60 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.12 17 200 11944 -59.6 -63.6 59 4.0 -59.6 210 52 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.04 18 150 13733 -59.9 -78.8 7 18.9 -60.1 219 56 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16276 -58.6 -84.6 2 26.0 -58.9 248 48 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.27 m Freezing level: 629.62 mb = 3835.30 m = 12582.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.03 mb = 2913.14 m = 9557.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.79 mb = 2040.67 m = 6695.04 ft T: 9.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.51 mb = 2182.37 m = 7159.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.55 C = 77.98 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 22.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 309.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.19 mb = 2110.77 m = 6925.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.19 mb = 2272.39 m = 7455.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.19 mb = 2603.16 m = 8540.44 ft B at Equ Level: 2.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 722.19 mb = 2715.92 m = 8910.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.8 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 223.8 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 5.85 Bulk Shear: 52.89 m/s