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: 44.71,-93.03 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -47 SFC 962 291 24.7 14.2 52 10.4 17.8 177 19 301.2 303.1 292.4 332.6 10.67 2 950 396 23.6 13.7 54 9.9 17.1 180 31 301.1 303.1 292.2 331.9 10.43 3 900 865 19.0 12.6 67 6.4 14.9 183 41 301.1 303.0 292.1 331.3 10.26 4 850 1353 14.3 11.4 83 2.9 12.4 187 47 301.1 302.9 291.9 330.6 10.00 5 800 1862 9.9 9.0 94 0.9 9.4 191 52 301.7 303.4 291.3 328.6 9.06 6 750 2395 6.0 4.3 89 1.7 5.1 193 52 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.0 6.96 7 700 2958 3.5 -1.0 72 4.5 1.2 191 60 306.3 307.3 289.3 321.9 5.08 8 650 3556 -0.1 -4.0 75 4.0 -1.9 195 77 308.9 309.7 289.5 322.5 4.37 9 600 4194 -3.8 -7.3 76 3.5 -5.3 194 86 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.4 3.68 10 550 4876 -7.6 -13.2 64 5.6 -9.7 193 84 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.3 2.52 11 500 5611 -12.1 -14.3 84 2.1 -12.9 193 82 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.6 2.54 12 450 6410 -17.0 -22.7 61 5.7 -18.6 193 83 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.6 1.37 13 400 7283 -23.1 -32.1 44 9.0 -24.8 188 82 324.9 325.1 290.9 327.3 0.65 14 350 8244 -31.4 -37.8 53 6.4 -32.2 185 83 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.42 15 300 9314 -41.0 -42.4 86 1.4 -41.1 185 81 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.30 16 250 10524 -50.9 -51.4 95 0.5 -51.0 188 81 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.13 17 200 11948 -58.3 -61.6 66 3.3 -58.3 179 93 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 13751 -59.8 -77.6 8 17.8 -60.0 202 75 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16292 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.9 -59.7 220 40 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.38 m Freezing level: 650.85 mb = 3546.31 m = 11634.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.53 mb = 3186.14 m = 10453.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.18 mb = 1601.80 m = 5255.18 ft T: 12.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 10.68 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.06 mb = 1715.70 m = 5628.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.08 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 33.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 456.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.24 mb = 1662.46 m = 5454.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.24 mb = 1817.59 m = 5963.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.24 mb = 10672.97 m = 35015.89 ft B at Equ Level: 453.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.24 mb = 12812.13 m = 42034.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.8 at 66.2 knts Storm direction: 221.8 at 49.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 404.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 404.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 2.94 Bulk Shear: 155.30 m/s