MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.45,-95.83 Latitude: 47.45 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 958 401 11.0 2.3 55 8.7 6.7 305 13 287.7 288.5 281.8 301.1 4.72 2 950 469 9.6 1.9 59 7.7 5.9 306 16 287.0 287.8 281.4 300.1 4.62 3 900 914 5.3 0.9 73 4.4 3.2 306 20 286.9 287.7 281.3 299.9 4.54 4 850 1379 3.3 -2.6 65 5.9 0.7 307 22 289.6 290.3 281.5 300.4 3.72 5 800 1868 0.3 -5.4 66 5.6 -2.0 298 21 291.4 292.0 281.7 300.8 3.20 6 750 2381 -4.3 -5.7 90 1.4 -4.8 286 20 291.9 292.5 282.0 301.7 3.33 7 700 2922 -6.8 -7.9 91 1.2 -7.2 268 20 295.0 295.5 283.0 304.0 3.01 8 650 3498 -10.1 -11.1 92 1.0 -10.4 262 21 297.6 298.0 283.5 305.3 2.52 9 600 4110 -14.3 -15.0 94 0.7 -14.5 261 24 299.6 300.0 283.7 305.8 1.99 10 550 4766 -17.8 -18.2 97 0.3 -17.9 234 34 302.9 303.2 284.7 308.2 1.66 11 500 5472 -22.5 -31.1 45 8.6 -23.9 236 38 305.6 305.7 284.4 307.5 0.57 12 450 6236 -27.8 -34.4 53 6.6 -28.7 241 57 308.3 308.4 285.2 309.9 0.46 13 400 7071 -34.9 -36.7 84 1.8 -35.1 239 67 309.6 309.7 285.7 311.0 0.41 14 350 7988 -41.8 -47.5 53 5.8 -42.1 225 64 312.4 312.4 286.4 313.0 0.15 15 300 9026 -44.2 -61.9 12 17.7 -44.7 228 72 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.2 0.03 16 250 10249 -43.0 -67.7 5 24.6 -43.8 226 54 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.1 0.02 17 200 11746 -44.4 -75.5 2 31.1 -45.3 226 42 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 18 150 13646 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.7 233 26 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 19 100 16251 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.0 232 21 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5431.19 m Freezing level: 797.15 mb = 1897.41 m = 6225.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 836.88 mb = 1504.46 m = 4935.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.98 % Est. max temperature: 14.42 C = 57.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.60 mb = 1478.26 m = 4849.89 ft T: 2.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.27 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2056.61 m = 6747.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.90 C = 58.81 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: 6.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 22.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15271.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.29 mb = 1568.22 m = 5145.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -16.2 tot: -12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 56.51 m/s