MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.76,-97.04 Latitude: 47.76 Longitude: -97.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 974 264 13.2 -0.6 39 13.8 6.7 291 15 288.5 289.2 281.0 299.3 3.76 2 950 475 10.6 -2.3 41 12.9 4.8 292 24 287.9 288.5 280.3 297.8 3.40 3 900 922 6.2 -3.3 51 9.4 2.1 292 27 287.9 288.5 280.3 297.5 3.33 4 850 1386 1.7 -4.1 65 5.8 -0.7 291 27 287.9 288.5 280.3 297.5 3.31 5 800 1871 -2.9 -5.0 86 2.0 -3.7 291 27 288.0 288.6 280.3 297.6 3.30 6 750 2378 -7.3 -7.7 97 0.5 -7.4 292 29 288.7 289.2 280.0 297.0 2.85 7 700 2911 -10.9 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.5 291 31 290.4 290.7 279.7 296.4 2.02 8 650 3478 -14.0 -19.1 65 5.1 -15.3 288 32 293.1 293.4 280.1 297.1 1.29 9 600 4080 -18.5 -27.6 45 9.1 -20.1 282 31 294.8 294.9 280.0 296.9 0.66 10 550 4722 -23.7 -32.7 43 9.0 -24.9 289 30 296.0 296.1 280.2 297.5 0.45 11 500 5411 -28.6 -38.7 37 10.1 -29.6 286 29 298.2 298.3 281.0 299.1 0.27 12 450 6158 -32.9 -47.6 22 14.7 -33.9 262 36 301.8 301.9 282.3 302.3 0.12 13 400 6979 -37.2 -50.9 23 13.7 -37.9 241 46 306.6 306.6 284.1 306.9 0.09 14 350 7893 -41.5 -55.8 20 14.3 -42.1 232 50 312.8 312.8 286.4 313.0 0.06 15 300 8936 -41.6 -63.8 7 22.3 -42.3 236 45 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.9 0.02 16 250 10177 -39.3 -71.7 2 32.4 -40.5 236 43 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 17 200 11703 -40.3 -72.4 2 32.1 -41.6 230 32 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 18 150 13633 -48.8 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.5 233 38 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.1 0.01 19 100 16243 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 258 21 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5366.14 m Freezing level: 831.69 mb = 1563.45 m = 5129.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 862.54 mb = 1267.03 m = 4156.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.70 % Est. max temperature: 12.69 C = 54.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.40 mb = 1965.46 m = 6448.27 ft T: -3.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 1.84 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.17 mb = 2108.21 m = 6916.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.05 C = 55.49 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 2.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 24.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.19 mb = 2067.58 m = 6783.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.19 mb = 2323.55 m = 7623.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 685.19 mb = 3074.55 m = 10086.97 ft B at Equ Level: 8.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 645.19 mb = 3533.38 m = 11592.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: -1.6 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 7.31 m/s