MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 47.34,-98.15 Latitude: 47.34 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -99 1 950 338 SFC 939 439 16.6 15.2 91 1.4 15.7 127 13 295.0 297.1 291.3 328.5 11.64 3 900 798 14.3 14.1 98 0.3 14.1 135 28 296.3 298.3 291.4 328.8 11.29 4 850 1280 12.1 11.8 98 0.3 11.9 159 30 298.8 300.6 291.3 328.7 10.25 5 800 1786 9.3 8.6 96 0.7 8.9 163 26 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.1 8.82 6 750 2320 6.1 5.4 95 0.7 5.7 161 26 303.2 304.6 290.5 325.7 7.51 7 700 2883 2.9 2.2 95 0.8 2.5 158 30 305.7 306.9 290.3 325.2 6.40 8 650 3481 1.1 -8.9 47 10.1 -3.1 163 44 310.3 310.8 288.6 319.8 2.99 9 600 4120 -3.5 -12.7 49 9.1 -7.0 169 54 312.0 312.5 288.6 319.8 2.40 10 550 4800 -8.9 -12.5 76 3.5 -10.2 172 58 313.5 314.0 289.4 322.1 2.67 11 500 5532 -13.7 -16.6 78 3.0 -14.6 182 62 316.4 316.8 289.8 323.3 2.08 12 450 6324 -19.3 -25.4 58 6.1 -20.7 185 68 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.7 1.08 13 400 7189 -25.4 -32.5 52 7.0 -26.6 184 75 321.9 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.62 14 350 8143 -33.2 -36.6 71 3.4 -33.6 180 84 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.8 0.48 15 300 9206 -41.9 -42.6 93 0.7 -41.9 185 87 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.30 16 250 10415 -51.2 -52.3 89 1.0 -51.3 188 76 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.12 17 200 11845 -58.0 -64.2 45 6.2 -58.1 194 82 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13653 -58.7 -78.9 6 20.2 -58.9 192 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16233 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 205 26 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.14 m Freezing level: 637.79 mb = 3636.98 m = 11932.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.80 mb = 3142.93 m = 10311.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.40 % Est. max temperature: 22.99 C = 73.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.45 mb = 615.91 m = 2020.68 ft T: 15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1042.90 m = 3421.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.07 C = 66.33 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 36.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 361.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.29 mb = 974.93 m = 3198.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.29 mb = 1617.98 m = 5308.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 666.29 mb = 3281.22 m = 10765.04 ft B at Equ Level: 47.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.29 mb = 11962.90 m = 39247.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.0 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 200.0 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.2 neg: -19.2 tot: 250.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 3.32 Bulk Shear: 109.05 m/s