MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 50.12,-97.02 Latitude: 50.12 Longitude: -97.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 973 233 6.5 4.8 89 1.7 5.6 322 21 281.8 282.8 280.0 297.1 5.52 2 950 431 4.5 4.0 97 0.4 4.2 326 35 281.7 282.6 279.8 296.6 5.38 3 900 872 5.7 5.7 100 0.0 5.7 353 32 287.4 288.5 283.5 305.4 6.40 4 850 1342 6.8 6.8 100 0.0 6.8 13 23 293.3 294.6 286.9 314.3 7.30 5 800 1839 4.0 3.5 97 0.4 3.7 25 21 295.4 296.5 286.5 313.4 6.18 6 750 2361 0.6 0.5 99 0.1 0.6 31 19 297.3 298.2 286.4 312.9 5.31 7 700 2914 -1.5 -1.7 99 0.2 -1.6 46 21 300.8 301.7 287.2 315.3 4.82 8 650 3501 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.7 61 21 303.8 304.6 287.6 316.4 4.10 9 600 4128 -7.6 -8.0 97 0.4 -7.8 77 19 307.3 308.0 288.2 318.2 3.49 10 550 4801 -11.3 -11.7 97 0.4 -11.5 98 16 310.6 311.2 288.6 319.7 2.83 11 500 5526 -15.5 -15.7 98 0.2 -15.6 140 9 314.2 314.6 289.2 321.5 2.25 12 450 6314 -20.9 -20.9 100 0.0 -20.9 137 12 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.4 1.60 13 400 7173 -26.8 -26.8 100 0.0 -26.8 154 25 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.07 14 350 8122 -34.0 -34.0 100 0.0 -34.0 154 36 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.61 15 300 9182 -42.9 -42.9 99 0.1 -42.9 156 48 325.0 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.29 16 250 10382 -53.4 -53.5 99 0.0 -53.4 161 59 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.11 17 200 11789 -58.7 -65.2 43 6.4 -58.9 200 44 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.03 18 150 13619 -55.5 -79.9 3 24.4 -55.8 221 15 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16205 -56.8 -84.6 2 27.8 -57.2 281 19 418.0 418.0 307.4 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5515.90 m Freezing level: 735.45 mb = 2521.86 m = 8273.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.40 mb = 2507.61 m = 8226.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.95 % Est. max temperature: 18.98 C = 66.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.72 mb = 450.98 m = 1479.57 ft T: 4.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 1.40 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 965.30 mb = 300.61 m = 986.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.46 C = 43.63 F Cap Strength: 10.55 C Lifted Index: 12.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.81 C Showalter Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 28.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13129.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.43 mb = 715.50 m = 2347.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.7 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 71.7 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 128.71 m/s