MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-95.87 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 959 421 19.6 9.0 51 10.5 13.3 184 10 296.3 297.6 288.2 318.2 7.55 2 950 500 19.9 8.5 48 11.4 13.1 186 16 297.4 298.7 288.3 318.8 7.34 3 900 964 18.1 6.8 48 11.2 11.5 206 35 300.1 301.4 288.9 320.6 6.91 4 850 1451 14.9 5.2 52 9.7 9.4 216 38 301.7 302.9 289.1 321.2 6.51 5 800 1961 11.9 0.4 45 11.5 5.9 221 36 303.8 304.7 288.3 318.8 4.93 6 750 2498 9.2 -5.1 36 14.3 2.5 223 35 306.5 307.2 287.9 317.4 3.48 7 700 3066 5.7 -4.6 47 10.3 0.8 219 35 308.8 309.6 289.0 321.0 3.89 8 650 3669 1.9 -1.7 77 3.6 0.1 211 39 311.2 312.2 291.0 327.5 5.21 9 600 4311 -1.5 -1.6 99 0.1 -1.6 207 45 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.3 5.67 10 550 4999 -6.1 -6.5 96 0.5 -6.3 205 49 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.6 4.26 11 500 5739 -10.3 -12.6 84 2.2 -11.2 204 53 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.1 2.91 12 450 6544 -15.2 -17.2 85 2.0 -15.9 209 60 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.6 2.20 13 400 7424 -21.5 -23.3 86 1.8 -22.0 209 64 327.1 327.3 292.3 332.2 1.47 14 350 8393 -28.9 -29.2 97 0.4 -28.9 216 59 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.3 0.97 15 300 9480 -36.1 -40.8 62 4.7 -36.6 226 59 334.5 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.36 16 250 10719 -45.5 -48.2 74 2.7 -45.7 224 63 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.19 17 200 12177 -53.1 -68.1 15 15.0 -53.4 231 61 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 13997 -62.1 -76.6 13 14.5 -62.2 238 58 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16446 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.8 -67.8 256 23 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.47 m Freezing level: 621.80 mb = 4030.91 m = 13224.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.97 mb = 3718.56 m = 12199.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.79 mb = 1755.36 m = 5759.00 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.82 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.84 mb = 3583.61 m = 11757.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.97 C = 93.14 F Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lifted Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.25 C Showalter Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 15.50 C K Index: 20.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9082.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.15 mb = 2277.49 m = 7472.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.7 neg: -4.2 tot: 183.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 50.37 m/s