MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 44.07,-92.33 Latitude: 44.07 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 966 343 3.8 2.9 94 0.9 3.4 288 18 279.7 280.6 278.2 293.2 4.88 2 950 480 2.5 2.0 96 0.6 2.2 291 30 279.8 280.5 277.9 292.5 4.64 3 900 915 -0.6 -0.6 100 0.0 -0.6 296 39 280.9 281.6 277.7 292.2 4.06 4 850 1369 -3.7 -3.9 99 0.2 -3.8 309 43 282.3 282.9 277.6 291.8 3.37 5 800 1846 -6.5 -6.7 98 0.2 -6.6 305 37 284.2 284.7 277.9 292.4 2.88 6 750 2348 -8.3 -8.8 96 0.5 -8.4 308 39 287.6 288.1 279.2 295.3 2.62 7 700 2882 -10.6 -11.1 96 0.5 -10.8 313 38 290.7 291.1 280.3 297.7 2.33 8 650 3449 -13.5 -14.5 92 1.0 -13.7 313 37 293.7 294.1 281.1 299.5 1.92 9 600 4056 -15.0 -21.6 57 6.6 -16.5 315 33 298.8 299.0 282.4 302.4 1.14 10 550 4710 -17.9 -37.3 17 19.4 -20.7 312 35 302.9 302.9 282.9 303.8 0.28 11 500 5415 -23.7 -28.9 62 5.2 -24.5 311 38 304.2 304.3 284.0 306.5 0.70 12 450 6174 -30.2 -32.9 77 2.7 -30.6 310 49 305.3 305.4 284.2 307.1 0.53 13 400 7000 -37.0 -36.9 100 -0.0 -37.0 316 55 307.0 307.0 284.7 308.3 0.40 14 350 7909 -43.6 -43.7 99 0.1 -43.6 314 57 309.9 309.9 285.6 310.7 0.23 15 300 8942 -44.0 -63.5 10 19.5 -44.6 316 55 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.4 0.03 16 250 10162 -44.5 -71.6 3 27.1 -45.2 307 54 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.01 17 200 11653 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -46.8 303 52 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 18 150 13556 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 297 39 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.01 19 100 16192 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 277 26 425.5 425.5 308.3 425.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5352.52 m Freezing level: 909.63 mb = 831.00 m = 2726.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 910.88 mb = 818.08 m = 2683.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.96 % Est. max temperature: 7.63 C = 45.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.44 mb = 459.08 m = 1506.16 ft T: 2.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 1.38 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.74 mb = 819.29 m = 2687.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.73 C = 40.52 F Cap Strength: 10.63 C Lifted Index: 10.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.49 C Showalter Index: 11.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 15.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.22 mb = 815.06 m = 2674.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.22 mb = 859.31 m = 2819.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 816.22 mb = 1687.82 m = 5537.41 ft B at Equ Level: 12.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 756.22 mb = 2283.94 m = 7493.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.9 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 338.9 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.0 neg: -33.7 tot: 177.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 18.71 m/s