MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 45.05,-93.03 Latitude: 45.05 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 972 278 4.2 3.4 94 0.8 3.9 289 14 279.7 280.5 278.4 293.5 5.03 2 950 462 2.5 2.0 96 0.5 2.2 293 28 279.7 280.5 277.9 292.5 4.64 3 900 897 -0.7 -0.7 100 0.0 -0.7 300 36 280.8 281.5 277.7 292.1 4.04 4 850 1351 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.2 -3.8 315 36 282.3 282.8 277.5 291.7 3.35 5 800 1828 -6.2 -6.5 98 0.2 -6.3 313 32 284.5 285.0 278.1 293.0 2.95 6 750 2331 -8.4 -8.7 97 0.4 -8.5 312 33 287.5 288.0 279.1 295.2 2.63 7 700 2863 -11.2 -11.7 96 0.5 -11.3 315 31 290.1 290.5 279.9 296.8 2.23 8 650 3429 -14.7 -15.5 93 0.8 -14.9 314 29 292.3 292.6 280.3 297.7 1.76 9 600 4030 -18.8 -19.6 94 0.8 -19.0 318 33 294.3 294.6 280.7 298.5 1.35 10 550 4672 -23.0 -23.8 93 0.8 -23.1 319 37 296.8 297.0 281.3 300.0 1.02 11 500 5366 -26.6 -29.2 79 2.6 -26.9 320 43 300.6 300.8 282.5 302.9 0.68 12 450 6119 -31.5 -38.1 52 6.6 -32.1 322 50 303.7 303.7 283.3 304.8 0.32 13 400 6943 -37.0 -49.4 27 12.4 -37.7 319 48 306.9 306.9 284.3 307.3 0.11 14 350 7856 -41.4 -56.8 17 15.4 -42.0 320 51 312.9 312.9 286.4 313.1 0.05 15 300 8896 -43.5 -64.4 8 20.9 -44.1 312 47 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 16 250 10119 -44.3 -71.7 3 27.4 -45.0 306 42 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.2 0.01 17 200 11614 -44.9 -75.9 2 30.9 -45.8 301 34 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 18 150 13525 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 301 33 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.01 19 100 16176 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 271 21 426.6 426.6 308.4 426.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5321.44 m Freezing level: 910.47 mb = 805.65 m = 2643.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 911.66 mb = 793.15 m = 2602.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.62 % Est. max temperature: 8.05 C = 46.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.38 mb = 382.09 m = 1253.56 ft T: 3.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 1.80 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 751.42 m = 2465.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.01 C = 41.02 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: 7.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Showalter Index: 8.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 18.39 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.67 mb = 749.10 m = 2457.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.67 mb = 793.07 m = 2601.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 831.67 mb = 1522.39 m = 4994.67 ft B at Equ Level: 12.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 771.67 mb = 2108.69 m = 6918.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.9 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 344.9 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.4 neg: -26.4 tot: 150.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 24.86 m/s