MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 44.64,-94.37 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -32 SFC 961 309 18.2 15.7 86 2.4 16.6 117 15 294.7 296.8 291.3 328.5 11.79 2 950 406 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.4 121 23 295.4 297.5 291.5 329.1 11.75 3 900 868 16.3 14.4 88 1.9 15.0 152 33 298.3 300.4 292.2 331.7 11.50 4 850 1355 14.6 11.4 81 3.2 12.6 181 35 301.4 303.3 292.0 331.0 10.02 5 800 1865 10.4 9.0 91 1.5 9.5 190 35 302.3 303.9 291.5 329.0 9.02 6 750 2400 6.8 5.5 91 1.3 6.1 195 34 304.0 305.4 290.7 326.7 7.58 7 700 2965 6.1 -9.0 33 15.1 -0.4 191 34 309.2 309.8 288.1 318.0 2.76 8 650 3568 2.0 -15.7 25 17.8 -4.4 187 36 311.2 311.6 287.7 316.9 1.72 9 600 4207 -3.1 -18.9 28 15.8 -8.2 186 36 312.6 312.9 287.9 317.3 1.43 10 550 4889 -8.4 -22.4 31 14.0 -12.3 186 37 314.1 314.3 288.1 318.0 1.15 11 500 5620 -13.9 -24.6 40 10.7 -16.6 181 37 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.6 1.04 12 450 6412 -19.2 -29.5 40 10.3 -21.3 185 47 319.1 319.2 289.3 321.7 0.74 13 400 7275 -26.2 -27.4 90 1.1 -26.5 192 55 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.4 1.01 14 350 8229 -32.1 -32.2 99 0.1 -32.1 199 48 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.74 15 300 9298 -40.6 -40.6 100 0.0 -40.6 186 49 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.6 0.37 16 250 10512 -51.0 -51.1 99 0.1 -51.0 184 63 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 17 200 11925 -60.3 -63.4 67 3.1 -60.4 192 53 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.04 18 150 13721 -58.1 -79.8 5 21.7 -58.3 223 54 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16264 -58.9 -84.6 2 25.8 -59.2 243 37 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.13 m Freezing level: 630.10 mb = 3822.30 m = 12540.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.03 mb = 2929.97 m = 9612.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.50 C = 77.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.70 mb = 618.44 m = 2028.98 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.49 mb = 1560.14 m = 5118.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 24.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 508.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.45 mb = 1064.75 m = 3493.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.45 mb = 2133.65 m = 7000.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.45 mb = 2571.38 m = 8436.19 ft B at Equ Level: 28.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 664.45 mb = 3389.11 m = 11119.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.5 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 212.5 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.0 neg: -5.0 tot: 312.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.51 Bulk Shear: 92.31 m/s