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: 45.73,-92.89 Latitude: 45.73 Longitude: -92.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -49 SFC 960 301 23.3 14.4 57 8.9 17.4 162 19 299.9 301.9 292.1 331.5 10.77 2 950 394 22.3 13.9 59 8.4 16.8 166 31 299.9 301.8 291.9 330.9 10.58 3 900 861 17.9 12.7 72 5.2 14.6 171 43 300.0 301.9 291.7 330.2 10.32 4 850 1347 13.4 11.5 88 1.9 12.2 177 48 300.2 302.0 291.6 329.8 10.07 5 800 1854 9.5 9.2 98 0.3 9.3 185 51 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.4 9.16 6 750 2388 7.1 3.1 76 3.9 4.9 191 53 304.3 305.4 289.9 323.6 6.41 7 700 2955 5.4 -5.9 44 11.4 0.2 193 64 308.5 309.2 288.6 319.5 3.51 8 650 3555 0.9 -7.5 54 8.4 -2.8 198 75 310.0 310.6 288.9 320.6 3.35 9 600 4193 -3.5 -11.0 56 7.5 -6.4 197 77 312.1 312.6 289.0 321.0 2.76 10 550 4876 -7.8 -15.8 52 8.1 -10.6 193 75 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.5 2.02 11 500 5610 -12.3 -19.6 54 7.3 -14.5 189 75 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.4 1.61 12 450 6407 -17.8 -19.3 88 1.5 -18.2 186 74 320.9 321.3 290.9 327.2 1.85 13 400 7278 -23.9 -29.6 59 5.7 -25.0 185 75 323.9 324.1 290.8 326.8 0.82 14 350 8237 -31.5 -39.6 45 8.1 -32.4 187 80 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.6 0.35 15 300 9308 -40.4 -44.1 68 3.7 -40.7 182 82 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.25 16 250 10520 -51.2 -51.8 94 0.6 -51.2 183 79 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.13 17 200 11944 -58.1 -63.3 51 5.2 -58.2 182 90 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 13747 -58.8 -78.0 7 19.2 -59.0 205 67 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16280 -59.0 -84.3 2 25.2 -59.3 222 43 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.74 m Freezing level: 639.71 mb = 3686.46 m = 12094.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.70 mb = 2992.91 m = 9819.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.19 % Est. max temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.88 mb = 1427.09 m = 4682.01 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1598.69 m = 5245.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.14 C = 75.45 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 25.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 252.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.28 mb = 1503.02 m = 4931.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.28 mb = 1757.79 m = 5766.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.28 mb = 2618.21 m = 8589.84 ft B at Equ Level: 8.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 689.28 mb = 3079.61 m = 10103.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.6 at 63.3 knts Storm direction: 219.6 at 47.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 509.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 509.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 154.53 m/s