MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 43.36,-93.27 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -36 SFC 954 369 23.3 14.1 56 9.2 17.3 189 22 300.5 302.4 292.2 331.8 10.66 2 950 406 23.1 13.8 56 9.3 17.0 190 28 300.6 302.5 292.1 331.5 10.50 3 900 874 18.6 12.4 67 6.2 14.7 193 45 300.7 302.5 291.8 330.4 10.11 4 850 1361 14.0 10.7 80 3.3 11.9 195 52 300.8 302.6 291.4 328.9 9.54 5 800 1870 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.6 198 54 301.8 303.3 290.6 326.3 8.24 6 750 2404 6.4 4.5 87 1.9 5.4 197 57 303.6 304.9 290.2 324.8 7.06 7 700 2967 3.3 1.3 87 2.0 2.2 196 61 306.1 307.2 290.1 324.4 6.00 8 650 3565 -0.3 -1.5 91 1.3 -0.9 197 76 308.7 309.6 290.3 324.9 5.27 9 600 4202 -4.2 -4.8 96 0.6 -4.5 194 87 311.3 312.1 290.3 325.3 4.47 10 550 4883 -8.5 -10.2 88 1.7 -9.2 193 89 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.3 3.20 11 500 5617 -12.5 -14.4 86 1.9 -13.2 196 88 317.8 318.2 290.6 326.0 2.51 12 450 6414 -17.1 -24.6 52 7.5 -19.0 193 86 321.7 322.0 290.5 325.7 1.15 13 400 7287 -23.6 -32.1 45 8.5 -25.1 191 85 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.65 14 350 8246 -32.2 -36.4 66 4.2 -32.7 192 86 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.49 15 300 9312 -41.4 -42.4 90 1.0 -41.5 194 89 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.31 16 250 10523 -50.8 -51.8 89 1.0 -50.8 198 90 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 17 200 11954 -54.6 -65.4 25 10.8 -54.8 196 93 346.3 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 13770 -61.9 -76.9 12 15.1 -62.0 192 66 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16299 -60.0 -84.3 3 24.3 -60.3 219 46 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.47 m Freezing level: 653.84 mb = 3519.33 m = 11546.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.78 mb = 3383.82 m = 11101.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.62 % Est. max temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.28 mb = 1528.07 m = 5013.30 ft T: 12.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.40 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1770.22 m = 5807.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.46 C = 76.03 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 391.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.79 mb = 1654.74 m = 5428.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.79 mb = 1913.59 m = 6278.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.79 mb = 10370.50 m = 34023.55 ft B at Equ Level: 389.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.79 mb = 12088.47 m = 39659.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 69.8 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 52.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 347.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 347.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 156.99 m/s