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: 44.85,-93.04 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -48 SFC 962 286 24.5 14.1 52 10.4 17.7 175 19 301.0 302.9 292.3 332.0 10.55 2 950 395 23.5 13.6 54 9.9 17.0 177 31 301.0 302.9 292.2 331.5 10.35 3 900 864 19.0 12.5 66 6.4 14.8 181 41 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.1 10.20 4 850 1351 14.3 11.3 83 2.9 12.4 185 47 301.1 302.9 291.9 330.5 9.96 5 800 1860 9.8 9.3 96 0.5 9.5 189 51 301.6 303.3 291.4 328.9 9.23 6 750 2393 6.1 3.8 85 2.3 4.8 193 51 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.3 6.69 7 700 2957 3.6 -1.5 69 5.1 1.1 192 60 306.5 307.4 289.2 321.6 4.92 8 650 3555 -0.0 -4.3 73 4.3 -2.0 195 78 309.0 309.8 289.5 322.3 4.28 9 600 4192 -3.8 -7.4 76 3.6 -5.4 195 85 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.65 10 550 4874 -7.7 -12.9 66 5.2 -9.6 193 84 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.3 2.58 11 500 5609 -12.2 -14.3 85 2.1 -12.9 192 82 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.6 2.54 12 450 6407 -17.1 -22.6 62 5.5 -18.6 192 83 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.6 1.39 13 400 7281 -23.1 -32.3 43 9.1 -24.8 187 82 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.2 0.64 14 350 8242 -31.3 -38.4 50 7.0 -32.2 185 83 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.0 0.40 15 300 9312 -41.0 -42.7 83 1.7 -41.1 184 81 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.8 0.30 16 250 10522 -51.0 -51.6 94 0.6 -51.0 188 82 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 17 200 11946 -58.4 -61.6 66 3.2 -58.4 180 93 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.05 18 150 13749 -59.5 -77.8 8 18.3 -59.7 203 73 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16290 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.9 -59.7 219 41 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.76 m Freezing level: 650.10 mb = 3553.64 m = 11658.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.70 mb = 3158.62 m = 10362.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.41 mb = 1597.58 m = 5241.35 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.43 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.77 mb = 1716.82 m = 5632.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.01 C = 77.01 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 32.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 409.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.00 mb = 1663.02 m = 5456.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.00 mb = 1818.17 m = 5965.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.00 mb = 10677.12 m = 35029.48 ft B at Equ Level: 404.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.00 mb = 12468.54 m = 40906.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.6 at 66.2 knts Storm direction: 221.6 at 49.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 431.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 431.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 2.56 Bulk Shear: 160.29 m/s