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: 43.70,-93.35 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -42 SFC 953 370 23.6 13.9 54 9.7 17.2 186 22 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.9 10.53 2 950 400 23.3 13.6 54 9.7 17.0 187 26 300.8 302.7 292.0 331.3 10.34 3 900 868 18.7 12.0 65 6.7 14.4 191 45 300.8 302.6 291.6 329.8 9.84 4 850 1355 14.1 10.1 77 4.0 11.6 193 51 300.9 302.6 291.1 327.9 9.14 5 800 1864 10.1 6.5 78 3.6 8.0 198 53 301.9 303.3 290.2 324.6 7.62 6 750 2397 6.2 3.5 83 2.7 4.8 195 56 303.3 304.6 289.7 323.1 6.59 7 700 2960 3.3 0.1 79 3.2 1.7 193 63 306.2 307.2 289.7 323.0 5.50 8 650 3558 -0.4 -2.4 86 2.0 -1.4 196 79 308.5 309.5 289.9 323.8 4.93 9 600 4194 -4.3 -5.1 94 0.8 -4.7 194 89 311.1 312.0 290.2 324.9 4.37 10 550 4875 -8.5 -10.1 89 1.5 -9.2 193 91 313.9 314.6 290.1 324.4 3.24 11 500 5609 -12.5 -14.2 87 1.7 -13.1 193 89 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.2 2.55 12 450 6406 -17.3 -25.2 50 7.9 -19.2 191 88 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.4 1.10 13 400 7279 -23.5 -33.4 40 9.9 -25.2 189 87 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.5 0.57 14 350 8238 -32.1 -38.6 52 6.5 -32.9 189 87 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.39 15 300 9304 -41.5 -43.2 84 1.7 -41.6 193 90 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.28 16 250 10514 -51.1 -51.7 94 0.5 -51.1 195 90 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 17 200 11945 -54.3 -65.8 23 11.6 -54.5 196 93 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 13762 -61.1 -77.2 10 16.0 -61.3 193 69 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16294 -59.6 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.9 219 45 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.21 m Freezing level: 655.13 mb = 3496.80 m = 11472.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.75 mb = 3280.48 m = 10762.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.58 % Est. max temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.92 mb = 1596.09 m = 5236.45 ft T: 12.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 8.89 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 1845.09 m = 6053.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 303.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.07 mb = 1717.31 m = 5634.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.07 mb = 2082.68 m = 6832.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.07 mb = 10277.28 m = 33717.70 ft B at Equ Level: 300.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.07 mb = 11660.96 m = 38257.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 70.8 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 53.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 384.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 384.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 172.87 m/s