MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 48.49,-93.19 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 960 354 3.0 2.5 96 0.5 2.8 345 14 279.4 280.2 277.9 292.5 4.77 2 950 439 2.2 1.7 97 0.5 2.0 347 24 279.4 280.2 277.6 291.9 4.55 3 900 873 -0.8 -0.8 100 0.0 -0.8 354 36 280.7 281.4 277.6 291.9 4.00 4 850 1328 -2.0 -2.1 99 0.1 -2.0 17 30 284.1 284.7 279.1 294.9 3.85 5 800 1809 -3.4 -3.6 98 0.2 -3.5 17 23 287.5 288.1 280.4 298.0 3.65 6 750 2318 -5.6 -5.8 98 0.3 -5.7 17 27 290.5 291.1 281.4 300.2 3.30 7 700 2856 -8.5 -9.0 96 0.5 -8.7 19 30 293.1 293.6 281.9 301.3 2.77 8 650 3427 -12.0 -12.4 97 0.4 -12.1 23 30 295.4 295.8 282.3 302.3 2.28 9 600 4035 -15.9 -16.1 98 0.2 -16.0 28 28 297.7 298.1 282.7 303.3 1.81 10 550 4686 -19.8 -20.7 93 0.8 -20.0 22 23 300.6 300.8 283.3 304.8 1.34 11 500 5386 -25.0 -25.3 98 0.2 -25.1 14 22 302.5 302.7 283.7 305.7 0.98 12 450 6142 -31.5 -31.6 99 0.1 -31.5 16 24 303.6 303.8 283.7 305.7 0.60 13 400 6966 -36.5 -41.1 63 4.6 -36.9 28 22 307.5 307.6 284.7 308.4 0.26 14 350 7880 -41.4 -51.9 31 10.5 -41.9 36 25 312.9 312.9 286.5 313.2 0.09 15 300 8917 -45.1 -61.7 14 16.6 -45.6 21 24 321.8 321.8 289.3 322.0 0.03 16 250 10126 -47.7 -69.0 7 21.3 -48.2 359 24 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.01 17 200 11602 -46.9 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.6 329 15 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13499 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.6 315 18 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16140 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 275 25 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5364.35 m Freezing level: 912.92 mb = 760.60 m = 2495.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 914.53 mb = 744.11 m = 2441.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.27 % Est. max temperature: 10.32 C = 50.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.37 mb = 418.31 m = 1372.39 ft T: 2.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 0.64 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.52 mb = 770.60 m = 2528.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.01 C = 39.22 F Cap Strength: 8.64 C Lifted Index: 9.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.53 C Showalter Index: 7.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 20.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.82 mb = 820.98 m = 2693.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.82 mb = 865.43 m = 2839.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 890.82 mb = 954.44 m = 3131.32 ft B at Equ Level: 15.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 840.82 mb = 1414.36 m = 4640.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 15.9 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 45.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.1 neg: -16.1 tot: 168.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 18.93 m/s