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: 44.91,-92.96 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 286 24.3 14.2 53 10.1 17.7 173 18 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.0 10.61 2 950 396 23.3 13.7 55 9.7 17.0 176 31 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.5 10.41 3 900 865 18.9 12.6 67 6.2 14.8 180 41 300.9 302.8 292.0 331.2 10.26 4 850 1352 14.2 11.4 83 2.8 12.4 184 47 301.0 302.9 291.9 330.6 10.04 5 800 1861 9.8 9.6 98 0.3 9.7 188 51 301.6 303.4 291.6 329.5 9.40 6 750 2395 6.2 4.1 86 2.1 5.1 193 51 303.3 304.6 289.9 323.9 6.86 7 700 2958 3.7 -1.2 71 4.9 1.3 192 60 306.6 307.5 289.3 322.0 5.02 8 650 3556 0.1 -4.3 72 4.4 -2.0 196 78 309.1 309.9 289.5 322.4 4.27 9 600 4194 -3.7 -7.6 75 3.9 -5.4 195 85 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.2 3.60 10 550 4876 -7.6 -13.5 63 5.8 -9.8 194 83 315.0 315.5 289.7 323.1 2.46 11 500 5612 -12.1 -14.6 81 2.5 -13.0 192 82 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.4 2.46 12 450 6410 -17.0 -22.3 64 5.3 -18.4 192 82 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.7 1.42 13 400 7283 -23.2 -32.2 43 9.0 -24.8 187 80 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.2 0.64 14 350 8245 -31.3 -38.8 47 7.6 -32.2 186 82 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.0 0.38 15 300 9315 -40.8 -42.8 81 2.0 -41.0 183 80 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.29 16 250 10526 -51.0 -51.5 94 0.6 -51.0 187 81 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 17 200 11949 -58.6 -61.5 69 3.0 -58.6 179 93 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 13751 -59.5 -77.7 8 18.2 -59.7 203 72 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16290 -59.5 -84.2 3 24.8 -59.8 219 42 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.74 m Freezing level: 648.83 mb = 3571.37 m = 11716.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.60 mb = 3185.01 m = 10449.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.03 C = 77.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.92 mb = 1563.04 m = 5128.02 ft T: 12.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 10.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1702.80 m = 5586.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 76.99 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.53 mb = 1638.21 m = 5374.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.53 mb = 1792.86 m = 5882.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.53 mb = 10614.89 m = 34825.32 ft B at Equ Level: 394.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.53 mb = 12385.74 m = 40635.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.6 at 65.9 knts Storm direction: 221.6 at 49.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 443.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 443.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 162.13 m/s