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: 47.59,-100.19 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -100.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 495 SFC 942 563 7.7 -0.5 56 8.2 4.0 284 15 285.7 286.4 279.9 296.9 3.92 3 900 938 3.8 -2.3 64 6.2 1.2 291 27 285.4 286.1 279.4 295.7 3.57 4 850 1399 0.5 -4.3 70 4.8 -1.4 307 34 286.7 287.2 279.6 296.1 3.26 5 800 1882 -3.0 -6.7 76 3.7 -4.4 305 33 287.9 288.4 279.7 296.4 2.89 6 750 2390 -6.6 -10.2 75 3.6 -7.8 302 31 289.4 289.9 279.7 296.4 2.35 7 700 2925 -10.2 -15.6 65 5.4 -11.8 298 31 291.2 291.4 279.6 296.1 1.62 8 650 3492 -14.3 -22.0 52 7.8 -16.0 298 30 292.8 293.0 279.6 296.0 1.01 9 600 4093 -18.7 -27.6 45 8.9 -20.3 296 30 294.5 294.6 279.8 296.6 0.66 10 550 4735 -23.7 -31.1 51 7.4 -24.8 283 33 296.0 296.1 280.3 297.7 0.52 11 500 5424 -28.8 -36.3 48 7.5 -29.6 265 33 297.9 297.9 280.9 299.0 0.34 12 450 6170 -33.7 -40.0 53 6.3 -34.2 254 37 300.9 301.0 282.1 301.8 0.26 13 400 6990 -37.1 -52.2 19 15.1 -37.8 248 49 306.8 306.8 284.2 307.1 0.08 14 350 7904 -41.1 -56.4 18 15.3 -41.7 245 47 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.5 0.05 15 300 8948 -42.0 -63.7 8 21.8 -42.7 245 42 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.3 0.02 16 250 10189 -39.1 -70.7 2 31.6 -40.3 241 40 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 17 200 11710 -41.4 -73.3 2 31.8 -42.6 235 37 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 18 150 13638 -48.4 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 251 31 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.01 19 100 16235 -57.0 -85.0 2 27.9 -57.5 252 24 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5354.46 m Freezing level: 842.95 mb = 1467.27 m = 4813.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 877.40 mb = 1143.02 m = 3750.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.64 % Est. max temperature: 10.16 C = 50.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.29 mb = 1576.56 m = 5172.37 ft T: -0.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.20 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.88 mb = 2082.82 m = 6833.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.52 C = 50.94 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: 2.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 2.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.33 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 19.60 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16493.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.48 mb = 1778.67 m = 5835.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.8 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 315.8 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: -16.9 tot: 51.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 12.12 m/s