MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 47.34,-97.13 Latitude: 47.34 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -118 SFC 954 287 21.8 13.7 60 8.1 16.5 150 21 299.0 300.9 291.5 329.4 10.38 2 950 321 21.1 13.4 61 7.7 16.1 152 26 298.6 300.5 291.3 328.5 10.22 3 900 786 16.3 12.1 76 4.2 13.7 156 39 298.3 300.1 290.9 327.1 9.89 4 850 1269 11.8 10.6 92 1.2 11.1 162 44 298.5 300.3 290.7 326.3 9.51 5 800 1775 9.2 5.6 78 3.7 7.2 179 38 301.0 302.3 289.4 322.2 7.13 6 750 2308 7.5 -3.7 45 11.3 2.2 182 42 304.7 305.5 287.6 316.7 3.86 7 700 2874 5.4 -6.5 42 11.9 0.0 179 50 308.5 309.1 288.4 319.1 3.37 8 650 3475 0.8 -8.1 51 8.9 -3.0 177 53 309.9 310.5 288.8 320.0 3.20 9 600 4111 -5.5 -8.5 80 2.9 -6.8 179 57 309.7 310.3 288.8 320.3 3.35 10 550 4787 -10.0 -10.6 95 0.7 -10.2 182 62 312.3 312.8 289.4 322.2 3.10 11 500 5519 -13.3 -13.5 98 0.2 -13.3 176 73 316.9 317.4 290.5 325.8 2.71 12 450 6312 -19.4 -23.5 70 4.1 -20.4 178 73 318.8 319.1 289.8 323.2 1.28 13 400 7175 -26.2 -31.4 62 5.2 -27.1 180 81 320.9 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.69 14 350 8126 -33.4 -37.8 64 4.4 -33.9 176 91 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.2 0.42 15 300 9188 -42.6 -42.6 100 -0.0 -42.6 172 93 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.30 16 250 10394 -49.6 -56.1 46 6.5 -49.8 169 88 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 17 200 11836 -55.8 -65.8 27 10.1 -55.9 184 77 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 13660 -57.5 -79.3 5 21.7 -57.8 195 62 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16241 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 214 25 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.57 m Freezing level: 643.45 mb = 3558.22 m = 11673.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.68 mb = 2877.98 m = 9442.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.81 % Est. max temperature: 23.62 C = 74.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.79 mb = 1310.31 m = 4298.88 ft T: 11.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1447.11 m = 4747.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.02 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 23.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 270.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.69 mb = 1331.08 m = 4367.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.69 mb = 3739.78 m = 12269.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.69 mb = 9441.98 m = 30977.25 ft B at Equ Level: 267.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.69 mb = 11258.45 m = 36936.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.8 at 53.2 knts Storm direction: 205.8 at 39.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.6 neg: -8.5 tot: 258.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 92.15 m/s