MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.42,-105.92 Latitude: 47.42 Longitude: -105.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 545 SFC 922 796 12.1 -6.7 26 18.8 4.2 302 18 292.0 292.4 281.1 299.4 2.51 3 900 996 9.4 -8.6 27 18.0 2.2 301 24 291.2 291.6 280.4 297.8 2.21 4 850 1466 4.8 -9.6 34 14.4 -0.6 300 26 291.2 291.6 280.3 297.7 2.17 5 800 1956 0.1 -10.5 45 10.6 -3.7 299 27 291.3 291.7 280.3 297.7 2.15 6 750 2468 -4.8 -11.5 59 6.8 -7.1 300 28 291.4 291.8 280.3 297.7 2.11 7 700 3006 -9.2 -15.9 58 6.7 -11.1 311 32 292.3 292.6 280.0 297.1 1.58 8 650 3575 -12.7 -23.1 41 10.5 -15.0 310 30 294.7 294.8 280.3 297.5 0.91 9 600 4180 -17.2 -29.5 34 12.3 -19.4 307 32 296.2 296.3 280.4 298.0 0.55 10 550 4825 -22.5 -33.7 36 11.1 -24.1 310 37 297.4 297.4 280.8 298.7 0.40 11 500 5517 -27.2 -39.5 30 12.3 -28.5 316 49 299.9 299.9 281.6 300.7 0.25 12 450 6276 -26.7 -49.6 10 22.9 -28.6 326 87 309.7 309.7 285.3 310.0 0.09 13 400 7120 -30.4 -42.7 29 12.3 -31.6 329 106 315.5 315.6 287.5 316.3 0.22 14 350 8058 -36.0 -46.3 34 10.3 -36.8 334 113 320.2 320.2 289.0 320.9 0.17 15 300 9110 -43.8 -49.9 50 6.2 -44.1 331 126 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.2 0.13 16 250 10311 -51.3 -59.1 39 7.8 -51.5 330 99 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 17 200 11772 -47.5 -75.0 3 27.5 -48.1 320 80 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 18 150 13658 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 307 49 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16257 -57.2 -84.8 2 27.6 -57.6 288 33 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5404.91 m Freezing level: 798.60 mb = 1969.93 m = 6462.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 860.88 mb = 1361.42 m = 4466.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.83 % Est. max temperature: 11.51 C = 52.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.60 mb = 3098.25 m = 10164.74 ft T: -9.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.73 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.41 mb = 3581.51 m = 11750.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.75 C = 58.55 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.05 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 15.76 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14918.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.35 mb = 3212.89 m = 10540.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.5 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 344.5 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.2 neg: -6.9 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 51.94 m/s