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: 44.98,-93.43 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 961 288 24.3 13.5 51 10.8 17.2 171 19 300.9 302.7 291.9 330.8 10.16 2 950 385 23.4 13.2 53 10.2 16.8 174 31 301.0 302.8 291.9 330.6 10.07 3 900 853 18.9 12.2 65 6.7 14.6 178 42 301.0 302.8 291.8 330.3 9.96 4 850 1341 14.2 10.8 80 3.4 12.1 183 47 301.0 302.8 291.5 329.3 9.61 5 800 1849 9.5 8.5 94 1.0 8.9 188 49 301.2 302.8 290.9 327.1 8.73 6 750 2382 6.5 0.3 64 6.2 3.3 192 51 303.6 304.6 288.6 319.4 5.21 7 700 2945 3.8 -2.5 63 6.3 0.7 192 62 306.6 307.5 288.9 320.7 4.54 8 650 3543 -0.2 -5.3 68 5.1 -2.6 197 77 308.7 309.5 289.1 321.1 3.95 9 600 4179 -4.9 -7.3 83 2.4 -5.9 196 83 310.5 311.2 289.4 322.1 3.69 10 550 4858 -8.9 -9.9 92 1.1 -9.3 192 84 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.1 3.27 11 500 5592 -12.5 -12.8 97 0.3 -12.6 188 80 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.2 2.86 12 450 6389 -17.3 -23.8 57 6.5 -19.0 189 88 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.7 1.24 13 400 7261 -23.1 -32.1 44 8.9 -24.8 183 88 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.3 0.65 14 350 8222 -31.7 -36.7 61 5.1 -32.3 181 88 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.47 15 300 9289 -41.6 -43.0 86 1.4 -41.7 183 89 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.29 16 250 10498 -51.0 -52.4 85 1.4 -51.1 187 88 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 17 200 11925 -57.4 -62.3 54 4.9 -57.5 182 97 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 13735 -58.2 -78.3 6 20.1 -58.5 205 73 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16284 -58.9 -84.3 2 25.4 -59.3 218 37 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.67 m Freezing level: 652.49 mb = 3513.24 m = 11526.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.98 mb = 3073.14 m = 10082.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.00 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.64 mb = 1645.71 m = 5399.25 ft T: 11.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1723.09 m = 5653.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 31.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 369.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.76 mb = 1695.74 m = 5563.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.76 mb = 1747.37 m = 5732.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.76 mb = 10503.92 m = 34461.27 ft B at Equ Level: 363.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.76 mb = 12255.63 m = 40208.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.4 at 66.0 knts Storm direction: 220.4 at 49.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 445.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 445.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 2.32 Bulk Shear: 159.65 m/s