MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 46.23,-103.80 Latitude: 46.23 Longitude: -103.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 507 SFC 906 896 6.7 -1.7 55 8.3 2.9 294 28 287.8 288.5 280.7 298.5 3.73 3 900 952 5.2 -2.5 58 7.7 1.8 295 34 286.8 287.4 280.0 297.0 3.53 4 850 1414 -0.1 -4.0 74 4.0 -1.7 297 47 286.1 286.7 279.4 295.7 3.33 5 800 1895 -4.5 -5.6 92 1.1 -5.0 299 52 286.3 286.9 279.3 295.4 3.14 6 750 2400 -8.0 -8.6 95 0.6 -8.2 305 54 287.9 288.3 279.4 295.6 2.65 7 700 2938 -7.6 -17.3 45 9.8 -10.3 309 64 294.1 294.4 280.7 298.5 1.40 8 650 3511 -10.9 -22.3 38 11.4 -13.7 304 62 296.6 296.8 281.2 299.7 0.98 9 600 4120 -15.5 -25.1 44 9.5 -17.5 301 57 298.1 298.3 281.7 300.8 0.83 10 550 4769 -20.8 -28.7 49 7.8 -22.2 299 51 299.3 299.5 282.0 301.5 0.65 11 500 5465 -26.8 -34.1 50 7.3 -27.7 301 47 300.4 300.5 282.1 301.9 0.43 12 450 6215 -33.4 -40.2 50 6.8 -34.0 298 44 301.3 301.3 282.3 302.2 0.26 13 400 7029 -40.7 -43.9 71 3.3 -40.8 298 41 302.2 302.2 282.5 302.8 0.19 14 350 7926 -45.5 -51.5 51 5.9 -45.7 300 39 307.3 307.3 284.4 307.7 0.10 15 300 8950 -46.6 -61.6 16 15.0 -47.0 301 39 319.7 319.7 288.7 319.8 0.03 16 250 10158 -45.4 -70.6 4 25.2 -46.0 292 39 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.6 0.01 17 200 11648 -45.6 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 294 45 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 18 150 13554 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.3 285 36 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.4 0.01 19 100 16197 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 264 36 426.2 426.2 308.4 426.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5384.06 m Freezing level: 850.50 mb = 1409.31 m = 4623.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.89 mb = 1190.00 m = 3904.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.36 % Est. max temperature: 6.55 C = 43.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.27 mb = 1922.09 m = 6305.98 ft T: -4.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 1939.36 m = 6362.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.36 C = 41.64 F Cap Strength: 5.12 C Lifted Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Showalter Index: 5.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 12.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 148.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.25 mb = 1932.05 m = 6338.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.25 mb = 2283.55 m = 7491.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 751.25 mb = 2386.96 m = 7831.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 741.25 mb = 2491.40 m = 8173.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.3 neg: -76.8 tot: 180.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 20.60 m/s