MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 48.17,-93.49 Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 SFC 954 379 2.7 2.2 96 0.5 2.5 332 13 279.6 280.4 277.9 292.6 4.70 2 950 412 2.4 1.8 96 0.6 2.1 335 16 279.6 280.4 277.8 292.3 4.60 3 900 847 -0.6 -0.6 100 0.0 -0.6 341 35 280.9 281.6 277.7 292.2 4.06 4 850 1302 -1.9 -2.1 99 0.2 -2.0 5 31 284.1 284.8 279.1 295.1 3.86 5 800 1784 -3.1 -3.3 98 0.2 -3.1 0 24 287.9 288.6 280.8 298.7 3.75 6 750 2293 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.7 353 29 290.5 291.1 281.3 300.0 3.26 7 700 2831 -8.8 -9.2 97 0.4 -8.9 2 31 292.7 293.2 281.7 300.8 2.71 8 650 3401 -12.1 -12.5 97 0.4 -12.2 11 30 295.3 295.7 282.2 302.1 2.25 9 600 4009 -15.6 -15.9 97 0.3 -15.7 18 32 298.0 298.4 282.9 303.7 1.84 10 550 4662 -19.0 -19.0 100 0.0 -19.0 13 22 301.6 301.9 284.0 306.5 1.55 11 500 5365 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 7 22 304.2 304.4 284.5 307.8 1.13 12 450 6125 -29.8 -30.4 95 0.6 -29.9 356 22 305.8 305.9 284.6 308.0 0.68 13 400 6952 -36.6 -38.1 86 1.5 -36.8 345 28 307.4 307.5 284.8 308.6 0.36 14 350 7866 -41.4 -55.5 20 14.1 -41.9 346 21 313.0 313.0 286.5 313.2 0.06 15 300 8904 -44.3 -63.4 10 19.1 -44.9 9 16 322.9 322.9 289.6 323.0 0.03 16 250 10120 -46.1 -70.4 5 24.3 -46.7 335 14 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.01 17 200 11601 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 312 13 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13504 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 286 16 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.01 19 100 16157 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.9 244 19 426.9 426.9 308.5 426.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5369.97 m Freezing level: 909.53 mb = 763.69 m = 2505.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 910.50 mb = 753.29 m = 2471.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.10 % Est. max temperature: 10.59 C = 51.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.36 mb = 442.86 m = 1452.92 ft T: 2.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 0.33 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 787.46 m = 2583.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.83 C = 38.89 F Cap Strength: 9.13 C Lifted Index: 10.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.95 C Showalter Index: 8.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 19.26 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.48 mb = 851.15 m = 2792.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.48 mb = 895.58 m = 2938.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.48 mb = 985.20 m = 3232.25 ft B at Equ Level: 16.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.48 mb = 1448.58 m = 4752.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.8 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 32.8 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.8 neg: -23.2 tot: 179.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 15.86 m/s