MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 47.25,-86.82 Latitude: 47.25 Longitude: -86.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 989 179 8.4 4.2 75 4.2 6.3 289 12 282.4 283.3 280.0 296.9 5.22 2 950 509 5.0 2.4 83 2.6 3.8 289 13 282.3 283.1 279.4 295.6 4.79 3 900 947 1.3 0.1 91 1.3 0.8 292 14 282.9 283.6 279.0 294.8 4.27 4 850 1405 -1.1 -4.0 81 2.9 -2.3 296 19 285.0 285.6 278.9 294.5 3.34 5 800 1888 -2.9 -9.9 58 7.1 -5.3 296 27 288.1 288.5 278.9 294.7 2.24 6 750 2395 -6.3 -12.8 60 6.5 -8.4 296 30 289.7 290.0 279.3 295.4 1.90 7 700 2931 -9.6 -16.0 60 6.4 -11.4 298 31 291.9 292.1 279.8 296.6 1.57 8 650 3500 -12.9 -20.7 52 7.8 -14.8 302 32 294.3 294.5 280.4 297.8 1.13 9 600 4106 -16.8 -26.5 43 9.7 -18.7 304 35 296.7 296.8 280.9 299.1 0.73 10 550 4753 -21.7 -31.2 42 9.5 -23.1 304 41 298.3 298.4 281.3 300.0 0.51 11 500 5446 -27.2 -36.6 41 9.4 -28.2 303 46 299.9 300.0 281.8 301.0 0.33 12 450 6197 -32.5 -45.0 28 12.5 -33.4 302 50 302.4 302.4 282.5 302.9 0.15 13 400 7017 -37.9 -53.6 18 15.7 -38.6 298 51 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.0 0.06 14 350 7925 -43.9 -59.3 17 15.3 -44.4 296 56 309.5 309.5 285.2 309.6 0.04 15 300 8946 -49.2 -63.8 16 14.7 -49.5 293 52 316.0 316.0 287.5 316.1 0.02 16 250 10132 -52.0 -67.1 15 15.1 -52.3 288 51 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.02 17 200 11580 -50.2 -75.6 3 25.4 -50.7 287 41 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 18 150 13458 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 272 30 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16083 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 280 19 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5359.40 m Freezing level: 872.92 mb = 1195.32 m = 3921.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 887.18 mb = 1062.33 m = 3485.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.35 % Est. max temperature: 11.59 C = 52.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.88 mb = 699.96 m = 2296.43 ft T: 3.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 2.38 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.63 mb = 959.54 m = 3148.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.88 C = 47.98 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.46 C Showalter Index: 5.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 15.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14382.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.73 mb = 913.86 m = 2998.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 49.19 m/s