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: 48.29,-96.26 Latitude: 48.29 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -125 1 950 313 SFC 949 325 21.2 13.0 60 8.2 16.0 144 21 298.8 300.6 291.2 328.0 9.98 3 900 778 16.9 11.6 71 5.3 13.6 152 40 298.9 300.7 290.8 326.9 9.56 4 850 1263 12.5 10.3 87 2.2 11.2 159 45 299.2 300.9 290.7 326.5 9.29 5 800 1769 8.8 7.4 91 1.4 8.0 172 50 300.5 302.0 290.2 324.6 8.13 6 750 2300 5.8 1.5 74 4.3 3.6 177 46 302.9 304.0 288.8 320.1 5.71 7 700 2864 4.1 -8.3 40 12.4 -1.2 175 48 307.0 307.5 287.5 316.2 2.92 8 650 3462 0.2 -8.6 51 8.9 -3.5 175 51 309.2 309.8 288.4 318.9 3.06 9 600 4098 -4.8 -9.6 69 4.8 -6.8 178 53 310.5 311.1 288.8 320.3 3.07 10 550 4775 -10.2 -11.4 91 1.2 -10.6 178 58 312.0 312.5 289.2 321.3 2.91 11 500 5504 -14.5 -16.5 85 2.0 -15.2 176 70 315.3 315.7 289.5 322.3 2.10 12 450 6295 -19.5 -24.4 65 5.0 -20.6 171 81 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.8 1.18 13 400 7158 -26.4 -30.8 66 4.4 -27.2 170 87 320.7 320.8 289.8 323.3 0.73 14 350 8109 -33.5 -40.1 52 6.5 -34.3 167 98 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.33 15 300 9170 -42.6 -44.8 78 2.3 -42.7 166 99 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.3 0.23 16 250 10380 -48.1 -57.3 34 9.2 -48.4 161 98 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 11820 -55.3 -67.1 22 11.8 -55.5 171 79 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13653 -55.8 -80.1 3 24.3 -56.2 201 48 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16232 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.7 212 20 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.19 m Freezing level: 647.60 mb = 3492.67 m = 11458.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.60 mb = 2717.98 m = 8917.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.01 % Est. max temperature: 22.96 C = 73.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.80 mb = 1353.40 m = 4440.22 ft T: 11.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 11.79 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1577.16 m = 5174.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.41 C = 72.34 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 24.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.33 mb = 1447.87 m = 4750.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.33 mb = 1806.41 m = 5926.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.33 mb = 2562.17 m = 8405.97 ft B at Equ Level: 5.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 696.33 mb = 2906.02 m = 9534.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.7 at 53.6 knts Storm direction: 202.7 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.9 neg: -4.9 tot: 324.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 2.72 Bulk Shear: 103.22 m/s