MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 44.19,-93.84 Latitude: 44.19 Longitude: -93.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -55 SFC 958 309 19.0 15.8 82 3.2 16.9 142 12 295.7 297.8 291.7 329.9 11.87 2 950 384 18.2 15.4 84 2.8 16.4 145 18 295.7 297.8 291.5 329.3 11.68 3 900 845 14.4 14.1 98 0.4 14.2 159 27 296.4 298.4 291.4 328.9 11.27 4 850 1327 12.5 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 177 27 299.2 301.2 291.8 330.4 10.66 5 800 1835 10.2 8.1 87 2.1 9.0 180 18 302.1 303.6 290.9 327.3 8.51 6 750 2371 8.8 -0.4 53 9.2 4.1 180 17 306.1 307.0 289.2 321.3 4.96 7 700 2938 5.1 -4.9 48 10.0 0.4 195 23 308.1 308.8 288.7 319.9 3.78 8 650 3539 1.0 -9.2 46 10.2 -3.3 190 31 310.1 310.6 288.5 319.4 2.93 9 600 4175 -4.7 -10.3 65 5.6 -7.0 190 40 310.6 311.2 288.7 319.9 2.91 10 550 4853 -10.3 -12.4 85 2.1 -11.1 189 46 311.9 312.4 288.9 320.5 2.68 11 500 5580 -15.1 -16.7 88 1.6 -15.6 198 40 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.5 2.08 12 450 6369 -20.6 -21.0 96 0.4 -20.7 193 38 317.4 317.7 289.6 322.7 1.59 13 400 7229 -27.2 -29.2 83 2.0 -27.5 185 45 319.7 319.8 289.6 322.6 0.86 14 350 8175 -35.1 -37.0 83 1.9 -35.3 177 44 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.1 0.46 15 300 9227 -44.8 -45.1 97 0.3 -44.8 175 38 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.23 16 250 10425 -51.8 -61.3 31 9.5 -52.0 183 39 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 17 200 11857 -53.9 -70.7 11 16.8 -54.1 198 34 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13703 -54.1 -80.7 2 26.7 -54.5 220 38 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16292 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 255 37 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.03 m Freezing level: 641.34 mb = 3648.77 m = 11970.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.27 mb = 3004.83 m = 9858.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.05 % Est. max temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.66 mb = 707.25 m = 2320.36 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 11.00 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 989.02 m = 3244.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.47 C = 68.85 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 27.43 C K Index: 29.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 846.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.23 mb = 918.13 m = 3012.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.23 mb = 3572.46 m = 11720.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.23 mb = 10496.08 m = 34435.53 ft B at Equ Level: 836.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.23 mb = 12632.48 m = 41444.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.8 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 216.8 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.1 neg: -36.2 tot: 120.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 18.80 Bulk Shear: 45.02 m/s