MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 47.01,-92.48 Latitude: 47.01 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 950 409 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.8 297 7 281.3 282.2 279.4 295.6 5.18 2 950 412 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.8 299 6 281.3 282.2 279.4 295.6 5.17 3 900 849 0.9 0.9 100 0.0 0.9 315 18 282.4 283.2 279.1 295.1 4.53 4 850 1307 -1.5 -1.7 99 0.2 -1.6 339 17 284.5 285.2 279.4 295.8 3.97 5 800 1787 -4.3 -4.8 96 0.5 -4.5 352 16 286.6 287.2 279.7 296.2 3.35 6 750 2293 -6.9 -7.2 98 0.3 -7.0 1 16 289.1 289.6 280.3 297.7 2.96 7 700 2830 -9.0 -10.8 87 1.8 -9.6 355 14 292.5 293.0 281.2 299.7 2.40 8 650 3401 -11.6 -15.0 76 3.3 -12.6 351 11 295.8 296.2 282.0 301.5 1.84 9 600 4010 -15.6 -18.2 80 2.6 -16.3 7 9 298.1 298.4 282.5 302.8 1.51 10 550 4661 -19.4 -20.5 91 1.1 -19.7 48 10 301.1 301.3 283.5 305.4 1.36 11 500 5364 -23.7 -24.4 93 0.8 -23.8 34 8 304.2 304.4 284.4 307.6 1.06 12 450 6124 -29.8 -30.1 98 0.3 -29.9 12 10 305.8 305.9 284.6 308.1 0.70 13 400 6951 -36.9 -36.9 100 0.0 -36.9 16 11 307.0 307.1 284.7 308.4 0.40 14 350 7863 -41.7 -50.1 40 8.4 -42.1 354 12 312.5 312.5 286.4 312.9 0.11 15 300 8905 -43.5 -64.0 9 20.5 -44.1 336 23 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.02 16 250 10123 -45.4 -70.5 4 25.1 -46.0 333 19 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.01 17 200 11611 -45.9 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.7 298 27 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 18 150 13515 -48.2 -78.3 2 30.1 -49.0 302 26 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.01 19 100 16163 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 283 22 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5371.57 m Freezing level: 881.38 mb = 1019.49 m = 3344.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 882.17 mb = 1009.34 m = 3311.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.38 % Est. max temperature: 9.27 C = 48.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.80 mb = 481.82 m = 1580.76 ft T: 3.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 0.54 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 847.33 m = 2779.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.20 C = 41.37 F Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lifted Index: 8.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: 8.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 18.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 41.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.69 mb = 878.58 m = 2882.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.69 mb = 923.35 m = 3029.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.69 mb = 1013.65 m = 3325.58 ft B at Equ Level: 13.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 791.69 mb = 1869.22 m = 6132.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.8 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 28.8 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.9 neg: -11.4 tot: 63.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 13.53 m/s