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: 47.01,-95.32 Latitude: 47.01 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -110 1 950 328 SFC 935 465 22.0 11.7 52 10.3 15.5 149 19 300.9 302.5 291.2 328.2 9.27 3 900 796 19.0 10.6 58 8.4 13.7 157 38 301.0 302.7 291.0 327.4 8.93 4 850 1283 14.4 9.1 70 5.3 11.2 164 45 301.2 302.8 290.7 326.5 8.55 5 800 1792 9.7 7.3 85 2.4 8.3 172 49 301.5 303.0 290.3 325.3 8.02 6 750 2324 5.1 4.3 95 0.8 4.6 181 51 302.1 303.4 289.6 322.9 6.97 7 700 2885 2.0 -2.1 75 4.0 0.0 191 56 304.7 305.5 288.4 319.0 4.69 8 650 3480 -1.1 -7.6 61 6.5 -3.8 189 59 307.7 308.3 288.1 318.1 3.32 9 600 4114 -5.2 -9.8 70 4.7 -7.0 182 66 310.1 310.7 288.6 319.7 3.02 10 550 4792 -9.7 -12.2 82 2.5 -10.6 179 68 312.6 313.1 289.2 321.4 2.73 11 500 5521 -14.5 -16.3 86 1.8 -15.1 180 73 315.3 315.8 289.5 322.4 2.14 12 450 6310 -20.1 -24.8 66 4.7 -21.2 178 85 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.9 1.14 13 400 7172 -26.3 -30.0 71 3.6 -27.0 175 96 320.8 320.9 289.8 323.6 0.79 14 350 8125 -33.1 -40.9 45 7.8 -33.9 168 101 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.31 15 300 9187 -42.5 -44.1 84 1.6 -42.6 169 102 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.25 16 250 10396 -49.1 -56.9 40 7.7 -49.4 164 100 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.07 17 200 11839 -53.5 -69.8 12 16.3 -53.8 179 77 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13682 -55.1 -80.3 3 25.2 -55.5 212 52 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16245 -56.9 -84.5 2 27.6 -57.3 222 21 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.23 m Freezing level: 667.97 mb = 3266.06 m = 10715.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.74 mb = 2887.65 m = 9473.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.10 % Est. max temperature: 22.79 C = 73.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.16 mb = 1758.54 m = 5769.41 ft T: 10.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.05 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 1946.08 m = 6384.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.78 C = 73.01 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.69 mb = 1877.73 m = 6160.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.69 mb = 2035.48 m = 6678.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.69 mb = 9488.04 m = 31128.35 ft B at Equ Level: 345.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.69 mb = 11320.84 m = 37141.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.1 at 60.0 knts Storm direction: 209.1 at 45.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 420.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 144.94 m/s