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: 44.42,-93.47 Latitude: 44.42 Longitude: -93.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -54 SFC 957 321 24.6 14.0 52 10.6 17.7 179 22 301.5 303.4 292.4 332.6 10.56 2 950 388 23.7 13.5 53 10.2 17.1 181 31 301.3 303.2 292.2 331.6 10.29 3 900 857 18.9 12.1 64 6.8 14.6 185 44 301.0 302.8 291.7 330.2 9.89 4 850 1344 14.1 10.3 78 3.9 11.7 188 49 301.0 302.7 291.2 328.4 9.28 5 800 1853 10.1 5.7 74 4.4 7.6 196 52 301.9 303.2 289.8 323.4 7.20 6 750 2386 6.1 2.1 75 4.0 4.0 194 52 303.2 304.3 289.1 321.1 5.94 7 700 2949 3.4 -1.8 69 5.2 0.9 190 60 306.3 307.2 289.0 321.1 4.80 8 650 3547 -0.3 -4.2 75 3.9 -2.1 195 80 308.7 309.5 289.4 322.1 4.31 9 600 4183 -4.6 -6.4 87 1.8 -5.4 194 89 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.3 3.95 10 550 4863 -8.5 -10.4 86 1.9 -9.3 192 89 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.1 3.15 11 500 5597 -12.4 -13.3 93 0.9 -12.7 189 85 318.0 318.5 290.9 327.0 2.75 12 450 6395 -17.3 -25.4 50 8.0 -19.3 189 90 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.2 1.08 13 400 7267 -23.4 -31.7 47 8.3 -24.9 184 89 324.6 324.7 290.9 327.0 0.68 14 350 8226 -32.1 -37.7 58 5.5 -32.8 185 88 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.43 15 300 9292 -41.6 -44.8 71 3.2 -41.8 190 91 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.24 16 250 10501 -51.4 -52.0 93 0.6 -51.4 190 88 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.13 17 200 11930 -55.7 -64.3 33 8.6 -55.9 190 94 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 13742 -60.1 -77.7 8 17.5 -60.3 196 76 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16289 -58.7 -84.4 2 25.7 -59.0 223 39 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.35 m Freezing level: 653.52 mb = 3504.80 m = 11498.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.31 mb = 3120.27 m = 10236.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.80 % Est. max temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.62 mb = 1649.70 m = 5412.35 ft T: 11.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 11.59 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.10 mb = 1809.98 m = 5938.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.94 C = 76.88 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 31.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 402.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.63 mb = 1721.49 m = 5647.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.63 mb = 1981.62 m = 6501.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.63 mb = 10561.91 m = 34651.50 ft B at Equ Level: 395.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.63 mb = 12332.43 m = 40460.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.4 at 69.1 knts Storm direction: 221.4 at 51.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 399.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 399.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 2.58 Bulk Shear: 155.75 m/s