MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.83,-92.16 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -92.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 959 360 13.9 1.9 44 11.9 7.9 225 16 290.5 291.3 282.9 303.7 4.58 2 950 442 13.0 0.9 43 12.1 7.1 228 24 290.4 291.2 282.5 302.8 4.29 3 900 892 8.9 -0.3 53 9.2 4.6 237 31 290.7 291.4 282.5 302.8 4.17 4 850 1363 7.2 -0.8 57 8.0 3.4 267 33 293.7 294.4 283.8 306.1 4.23 5 800 1862 5.9 -1.6 58 7.5 2.3 261 32 297.4 298.2 285.4 310.1 4.24 6 750 2387 2.6 -4.4 60 7.0 -0.5 250 37 299.4 300.1 285.5 310.5 3.68 7 700 2941 -1.6 -4.5 81 2.9 -2.9 251 46 300.7 301.4 286.2 312.5 3.90 8 650 3527 -5.6 -7.2 88 1.6 -6.2 246 57 302.6 303.2 286.4 313.1 3.42 9 600 4151 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.8 -9.1 238 61 305.9 306.5 287.2 315.5 3.07 10 550 4822 -11.1 -11.6 96 0.5 -11.3 222 62 310.9 311.5 288.8 320.1 2.87 11 500 5549 -15.2 -15.4 98 0.2 -15.3 219 67 314.5 314.9 289.3 322.0 2.30 12 450 6336 -20.7 -20.8 100 0.0 -20.8 223 74 317.2 317.5 289.6 322.6 1.63 13 400 7196 -27.3 -27.3 100 -0.0 -27.3 226 83 319.5 319.7 289.7 323.0 1.02 14 350 8140 -36.2 -36.6 96 0.4 -36.2 229 84 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.6 0.48 15 300 9192 -43.0 -51.3 39 8.3 -43.4 242 100 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.11 16 250 10402 -49.6 -58.9 33 9.2 -49.9 250 120 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 17 200 11861 -49.8 -72.8 5 23.1 -50.3 253 69 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13717 -55.5 -79.7 3 24.2 -55.9 242 52 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16274 -58.9 -84.8 2 25.8 -59.3 251 42 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5540.58 m Freezing level: 719.32 mb = 2726.89 m = 8946.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.02 mb = 2289.54 m = 7511.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.85 % Est. max temperature: 20.06 C = 68.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.84 mb = 1852.98 m = 6079.25 ft T: 5.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.91 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.85 mb = 3301.04 m = 10830.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.26 F Cap Strength: 9.87 C Lifted Index: 11.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.89 C Showalter Index: 9.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 14.38 C K Index: 18.66 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12851.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.77 mb = 2070.05 m = 6791.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 50.3 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 37.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.0 neg: -14.6 tot: 120.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 79.54 m/s