MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 44.51,-93.35 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -12 SFC 963 309 16.6 1.3 35 15.3 8.9 252 15 292.9 293.7 283.7 305.7 4.36 2 950 424 15.7 0.1 35 15.6 8.0 254 23 293.1 293.8 283.4 305.0 4.05 3 900 879 11.2 -1.3 42 12.6 5.3 258 30 293.1 293.7 283.1 304.4 3.85 4 850 1352 6.5 -2.5 52 9.1 2.4 260 33 293.0 293.7 283.0 304.0 3.73 5 800 1845 1.6 -3.5 68 5.2 -0.6 262 35 292.9 293.5 282.9 303.7 3.67 6 750 2361 -3.3 -4.7 90 1.4 -3.8 263 35 293.0 293.7 282.8 303.6 3.60 7 700 2902 -7.4 -7.9 96 0.5 -7.6 262 33 294.3 294.8 282.7 303.3 3.01 8 650 3474 -12.0 -13.4 90 1.3 -12.4 258 35 295.4 295.8 282.1 301.8 2.10 9 600 4083 -15.5 -23.3 52 7.7 -17.3 263 40 298.1 298.3 281.8 301.2 0.98 10 550 4733 -20.6 -30.5 41 9.9 -22.2 257 40 299.6 299.7 281.9 301.4 0.55 11 500 5429 -26.4 -33.3 52 6.9 -27.3 249 36 300.8 300.9 282.3 302.3 0.46 12 450 6180 -32.6 -40.4 46 7.8 -33.3 243 40 302.3 302.4 282.7 303.2 0.25 13 400 7003 -36.2 -50.5 22 14.3 -37.0 235 46 308.0 308.0 284.7 308.3 0.09 14 350 7926 -37.8 -60.6 7 22.8 -38.7 235 53 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.03 15 300 8983 -40.0 -65.9 5 25.9 -40.9 237 56 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.0 0.02 16 250 10220 -42.8 -72.2 3 29.5 -43.6 248 62 342.5 342.5 294.9 342.5 0.01 17 200 11719 -44.9 -75.8 2 31.0 -45.7 250 60 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 18 150 13620 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 237 42 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16238 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 270 32 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5440.71 m Freezing level: 783.33 mb = 2016.85 m = 6616.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 810.25 mb = 1741.47 m = 5713.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.14 % Est. max temperature: 16.63 C = 61.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.33 mb = 2209.36 m = 7248.46 ft T: -1.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 4.45 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.31 mb = 2409.74 m = 7905.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.86 C = 62.35 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 29.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.27 mb = 2399.69 m = 7872.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.27 mb = 2559.08 m = 8395.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 441.27 mb = 6317.29 m = 20725.77 ft B at Equ Level: 82.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 391.27 mb = 7155.64 m = 23476.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.7 neg: -5.5 tot: 73.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.51 Bulk Shear: 15.28 m/s