MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.55,-99.95 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -99.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 494 SFC 942 560 7.9 -0.6 55 8.5 4.0 285 15 285.8 286.5 280.0 296.9 3.87 3 900 936 4.0 -2.5 63 6.4 1.2 291 27 285.6 286.2 279.4 295.7 3.54 4 850 1398 0.5 -4.2 71 4.6 -1.4 308 34 286.6 287.2 279.6 296.1 3.30 5 800 1881 -3.0 -6.6 76 3.6 -4.3 305 33 288.0 288.5 279.8 296.5 2.92 6 750 2389 -6.5 -10.0 77 3.4 -7.7 302 31 289.5 289.9 279.8 296.5 2.39 7 700 2924 -10.0 -16.1 61 6.1 -11.7 296 31 291.4 291.7 279.6 296.1 1.55 8 650 3491 -14.1 -22.2 50 8.1 -15.9 296 30 293.1 293.2 279.6 296.2 0.99 9 600 4093 -18.5 -26.2 51 7.6 -20.0 294 29 294.7 294.8 280.0 297.1 0.75 10 550 4736 -23.4 -30.6 51 7.3 -24.4 278 34 296.4 296.5 280.5 298.1 0.54 11 500 5426 -28.4 -37.6 41 9.2 -29.3 262 32 298.4 298.5 281.1 299.5 0.30 12 450 6173 -33.4 -39.6 54 6.1 -34.0 251 38 301.2 301.3 282.3 302.2 0.27 13 400 6994 -36.8 -51.3 21 14.5 -37.5 247 51 307.2 307.2 284.4 307.5 0.08 14 350 7909 -41.1 -56.6 17 15.5 -41.7 241 50 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.5 0.05 15 300 8951 -42.1 -63.9 8 21.8 -42.8 242 43 326.0 326.1 290.6 326.1 0.02 16 250 10193 -39.2 -70.6 2 31.4 -40.4 238 41 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 17 200 11713 -41.3 -73.2 2 31.9 -42.5 233 39 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.01 18 150 13642 -48.5 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.3 252 29 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16237 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 251 24 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5357.98 m Freezing level: 843.26 mb = 1462.86 m = 4799.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 877.40 mb = 1141.65 m = 3745.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.45 % Est. max temperature: 10.19 C = 50.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.98 mb = 1616.68 m = 5304.01 ft T: -1.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.52 mb = 2095.33 m = 6874.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.60 C = 51.08 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 18.54 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15091.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.81 mb = 1793.79 m = 5885.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.8 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 313.8 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.9 neg: -18.4 tot: 41.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 12.50 m/s