MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-95.87 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 957 421 19.9 6.0 40 13.9 12.0 268 11 296.8 297.9 287.1 314.9 6.14 2 950 480 18.1 5.3 43 12.8 11.0 269 14 295.6 296.6 286.3 312.8 5.88 3 900 939 13.5 4.2 53 9.3 8.5 267 16 295.4 296.4 286.1 312.2 5.75 4 850 1417 11.5 0.1 46 11.3 5.8 263 20 298.2 299.0 285.9 311.7 4.55 5 800 1923 10.2 -2.0 42 12.2 4.2 248 29 302.0 302.7 286.9 314.5 4.12 6 750 2458 8.0 -3.1 45 11.1 2.7 236 31 305.3 306.0 288.0 317.8 4.06 7 700 3023 5.0 -9.0 36 14.0 -0.9 239 36 308.0 308.6 287.7 316.8 2.77 8 650 3624 0.9 -12.4 36 13.4 -4.3 231 43 310.0 310.5 287.9 317.3 2.26 9 600 4261 -3.6 -15.0 41 11.4 -7.7 225 52 311.9 312.3 288.2 318.4 1.98 10 550 4943 -7.4 -23.8 26 16.4 -11.9 230 57 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.8 1.02 11 500 5681 -10.7 -37.9 9 27.2 -15.8 233 51 320.0 320.1 289.1 321.1 0.29 12 450 6482 -16.3 -41.3 10 25.0 -20.2 233 57 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.6 0.23 13 400 7357 -22.7 -44.3 12 21.6 -25.4 232 58 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.19 14 350 8321 -30.2 -47.0 18 16.8 -31.7 229 65 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 15 300 9398 -38.5 -53.4 19 14.9 -39.4 226 67 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.09 16 250 10627 -46.8 -59.2 23 12.4 -47.3 226 71 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.05 17 200 12090 -52.2 -69.2 11 17.0 -52.5 231 65 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13917 -59.9 -77.3 9 17.5 -60.0 228 47 366.9 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16398 -65.3 -84.1 6 18.8 -65.4 230 32 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.33 m Freezing level: 639.59 mb = 3756.48 m = 12324.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.84 mb = 2874.37 m = 9430.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.34 mb = 2161.16 m = 7090.34 ft T: 9.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.22 mb = 3946.04 m = 12946.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.94 C = 93.09 F Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lifted Index: 10.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.99 C Showalter Index: 10.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.14 C Cross Totals Index: 10.82 C K Index: 8.29 Risk: None Sweat Index: 93.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10560.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.84 mb = 2241.40 m = 7353.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 4.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 53.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 106.34 m/s