MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 49.87,-97.71 Latitude: 49.87 Longitude: -97.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -20 SFC 968 245 6.3 4.4 88 1.9 5.4 84 10 282.0 282.9 280.0 297.0 5.41 2 950 401 4.6 3.8 94 0.8 4.2 88 15 281.9 282.8 279.7 296.5 5.27 3 900 841 3.8 2.6 92 1.2 3.2 135 12 285.4 286.3 281.3 299.9 5.14 4 850 1303 0.8 0.1 95 0.6 0.5 170 16 286.9 287.7 281.3 299.9 4.54 5 800 1788 -1.6 -2.1 97 0.4 -1.8 175 23 289.4 290.1 281.9 301.3 4.11 6 750 2300 -3.5 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.7 166 20 292.7 293.4 283.0 303.9 3.80 7 700 2844 -5.2 -5.7 96 0.5 -5.4 153 15 296.7 297.4 284.4 307.4 3.58 8 650 3424 -7.8 -8.4 96 0.6 -8.0 152 13 300.2 300.7 285.2 309.7 3.13 9 600 4043 -11.0 -11.5 96 0.5 -11.2 169 14 303.4 303.9 285.9 311.6 2.64 10 550 4707 -14.9 -15.2 97 0.3 -15.0 175 14 306.4 306.8 286.5 313.2 2.13 11 500 5422 -19.2 -19.2 100 0.0 -19.2 180 15 309.6 310.0 287.1 315.1 1.67 12 450 6198 -24.0 -24.0 100 0.0 -23.9 171 19 313.1 313.4 287.8 317.2 1.23 13 400 7047 -30.2 -30.2 100 -0.0 -30.2 168 26 315.8 315.9 288.2 318.5 0.78 14 350 7984 -37.1 -37.1 100 -0.0 -37.1 160 41 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.45 15 300 9027 -46.5 -46.5 100 -0.0 -46.5 159 45 319.8 319.9 288.9 320.6 0.20 16 250 10212 -54.2 -56.0 81 1.7 -54.3 174 50 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.08 17 200 11654 -51.1 -74.8 4 23.7 -51.5 219 43 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13531 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.6 213 34 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.01 19 100 16168 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 213 25 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5442.00 m Freezing level: 834.08 mb = 1457.56 m = 4781.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 839.31 mb = 1404.33 m = 4607.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.01 % Est. max temperature: 12.70 C = 54.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.01 mb = 478.11 m = 1568.58 ft T: 4.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 0.51 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.63 mb = 1081.19 m = 3547.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.44 C = 50.80 F Cap Strength: 9.29 C Lifted Index: 10.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Showalter Index: 9.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.95 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 19.58 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 49.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15399.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.87 mb = 823.72 m = 2702.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 163.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 193.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -30.8 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 32.62 m/s