MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 48.16,-97.29 Latitude: 48.16 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 971 267 3.1 2.4 95 0.7 2.8 327 16 278.6 279.4 277.4 291.5 4.69 2 950 443 1.5 1.2 98 0.3 1.4 330 26 278.7 279.5 277.0 290.8 4.39 3 900 876 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.1 -1.2 341 35 280.3 280.9 277.2 291.1 3.87 4 850 1331 -2.9 -3.1 98 0.2 -3.0 347 34 283.1 283.7 278.3 293.2 3.57 5 800 1809 -4.8 -5.3 96 0.5 -5.0 349 36 286.0 286.6 279.2 295.3 3.22 6 750 2315 -7.3 -7.9 96 0.6 -7.5 354 35 288.6 289.1 280.0 296.9 2.82 7 700 2850 -10.3 -10.8 96 0.5 -10.5 352 31 291.1 291.5 280.6 298.2 2.39 8 650 3417 -13.7 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.9 344 28 293.4 293.8 281.1 299.4 1.97 9 600 4021 -17.3 -17.4 99 0.2 -17.3 337 29 296.1 296.4 281.8 301.2 1.62 10 550 4668 -20.8 -20.8 100 0.0 -20.8 331 31 299.4 299.7 282.8 303.6 1.32 11 500 5368 -24.3 -24.6 98 0.2 -24.4 335 39 303.4 303.6 284.1 306.8 1.04 12 450 6129 -29.0 -30.1 89 1.2 -29.1 342 34 306.8 307.0 285.0 309.2 0.69 13 400 6960 -35.4 -37.6 80 2.2 -35.6 354 33 309.0 309.0 285.4 310.3 0.38 14 350 7876 -42.1 -44.0 81 2.0 -42.2 349 47 312.0 312.1 286.3 312.8 0.22 15 300 8905 -46.4 -61.2 17 14.8 -46.8 355 32 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.1 0.03 16 250 10115 -46.4 -70.0 5 23.6 -46.9 339 16 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.01 17 200 11596 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.6 316 16 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13498 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.3 281 16 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.01 19 100 16155 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.6 264 19 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5341.29 m Freezing level: 922.05 mb = 684.86 m = 2246.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 923.48 mb = 669.54 m = 2196.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.71 % Est. max temperature: 9.23 C = 48.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.08 mb = 357.10 m = 1171.57 ft T: 2.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.16 mb = 715.81 m = 2348.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.19 C = 39.55 F Cap Strength: 8.55 C Lifted Index: 10.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.51 C Showalter Index: 9.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 17.82 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.41 mb = 731.17 m = 2398.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.41 mb = 775.03 m = 2542.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.41 mb = 952.29 m = 3124.26 ft B at Equ Level: 12.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 841.41 mb = 1410.84 m = 4628.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.7 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 11.7 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: -21.0 tot: 102.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.82 Bulk Shear: 7.20 m/s