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: 44.36,-93.62 Latitude: 44.36 Longitude: -93.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -58 SFC 957 317 24.6 13.6 50 11.0 17.4 177 23 301.5 303.4 292.2 331.9 10.30 2 950 385 23.7 13.1 52 10.5 16.8 179 32 301.2 303.1 291.9 330.9 10.05 3 900 853 18.8 11.7 63 7.1 14.3 184 45 300.9 302.7 291.6 329.4 9.67 4 850 1341 14.1 9.9 76 4.2 11.6 188 50 301.0 302.6 291.0 327.7 9.06 5 800 1849 10.0 6.1 77 3.9 7.8 196 52 301.9 303.2 289.9 323.9 7.41 6 750 2383 6.2 2.5 77 3.7 4.2 195 53 303.3 304.4 289.2 321.7 6.11 7 700 2946 3.1 -1.1 74 4.2 1.0 192 60 305.9 306.9 289.2 321.4 5.05 8 650 3543 -0.7 -3.6 80 3.0 -2.1 196 77 308.2 309.1 289.4 322.2 4.50 9 600 4178 -4.8 -6.1 90 1.4 -5.4 195 87 310.6 311.3 289.8 323.3 4.03 10 550 4858 -8.6 -9.9 90 1.3 -9.1 193 89 313.9 314.5 290.1 324.4 3.27 11 500 5592 -12.5 -13.3 94 0.8 -12.8 189 86 317.8 318.3 290.8 326.8 2.74 12 450 6388 -17.8 -24.5 56 6.8 -19.4 188 91 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.9 1.16 13 400 7260 -23.5 -32.8 42 9.2 -25.1 183 91 324.4 324.6 290.7 326.6 0.61 14 350 8219 -32.2 -39.4 49 7.2 -33.0 185 90 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.36 15 300 9284 -41.7 -44.9 71 3.2 -41.9 190 95 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.23 16 250 10492 -51.5 -51.9 95 0.5 -51.5 189 92 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.13 17 200 11924 -54.8 -65.5 26 10.6 -55.1 193 93 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 13740 -59.7 -77.8 8 18.1 -59.9 197 76 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16287 -58.6 -84.4 2 25.8 -58.9 223 39 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.34 m Freezing level: 658.77 mb = 3437.88 m = 11279.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.64 mb = 3136.05 m = 10288.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.14 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.76 mb = 1695.81 m = 5563.62 ft T: 11.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 10.51 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 1857.24 m = 6093.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 334.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.09 mb = 1754.40 m = 5755.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.09 mb = 2015.19 m = 6611.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.09 mb = 10384.66 m = 34070.01 ft B at Equ Level: 331.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.09 mb = 11793.95 m = 38693.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.7 at 68.9 knts Storm direction: 221.7 at 51.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 391.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 2.24 Bulk Shear: 149.30 m/s