MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 47.27,-99.96 Latitude: 47.27 Longitude: -99.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 457 SFC 938 567 9.7 8.3 91 1.4 8.9 229 14 288.1 289.4 284.8 308.7 7.34 3 900 906 7.9 6.9 94 0.9 7.3 240 28 289.6 290.8 285.1 309.3 6.96 4 850 1379 8.8 3.9 71 4.9 6.2 243 30 295.3 296.4 286.3 312.7 5.95 5 800 1880 7.5 2.1 68 5.4 4.6 242 34 299.1 300.2 287.3 315.6 5.55 6 750 2409 4.9 -1.0 66 5.9 2.0 233 37 301.9 302.7 287.5 316.2 4.75 7 700 2969 3.1 -11.9 32 15.0 -2.7 222 40 305.9 306.3 286.4 312.9 2.20 8 650 3566 0.0 -17.4 25 17.5 -5.9 218 45 309.0 309.3 286.7 313.9 1.50 9 600 4201 -4.8 -21.6 25 16.8 -9.7 209 46 310.6 310.8 286.9 314.3 1.13 10 550 4879 -10.0 -25.8 26 15.7 -13.9 207 45 312.2 312.4 287.1 315.1 0.85 11 500 5607 -13.6 -28.1 28 14.5 -16.9 212 43 316.4 316.6 288.4 319.1 0.76 12 450 6402 -17.1 -41.5 10 24.4 -20.8 215 65 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.22 13 400 7279 -21.2 -49.7 6 28.5 -24.4 207 75 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.10 14 350 8248 -28.9 -54.7 6 25.8 -31.0 206 78 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.06 15 300 9334 -35.8 -59.6 7 23.8 -37.1 206 84 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 16 250 10579 -43.9 -62.7 11 18.7 -44.6 208 75 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12046 -53.5 -67.1 17 13.6 -53.8 207 57 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13863 -57.9 -78.5 5 20.7 -58.1 229 50 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16406 -61.2 -84.2 3 23.0 -61.4 195 5 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5579.37 m Freezing level: 649.56 mb = 3572.10 m = 11719.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.80 mb = 2642.01 m = 8667.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.93 % Est. max temperature: 21.18 C = 70.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.19 mb = 739.98 m = 2427.72 ft T: 8.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.67 mb = 3100.92 m = 10173.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lifted Index: 8.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.94 C Showalter Index: 6.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.38 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 11.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12420.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.85 mb = 1350.97 m = 4432.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.8 neg: -10.8 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 58.30 m/s