MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 45,-102.03 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -102.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 523 SFC 924 754 11.5 -2.1 39 13.6 5.2 307 24 291.2 291.8 282.0 301.5 3.54 3 900 974 8.2 -4.2 41 12.5 2.8 308 37 290.0 290.5 280.9 299.1 3.10 4 850 1441 3.4 -5.7 51 9.1 -0.3 309 43 289.7 290.2 280.6 298.3 2.93 5 800 1928 -1.3 -7.4 63 6.1 -3.6 311 46 289.8 290.3 280.4 297.9 2.74 6 750 2439 -5.2 -10.9 64 5.7 -7.1 319 48 290.9 291.3 280.2 297.5 2.21 7 700 2978 -8.0 -15.6 54 7.6 -10.2 320 51 293.6 293.9 280.7 298.6 1.62 8 650 3549 -11.9 -24.3 35 12.4 -14.6 315 45 295.5 295.6 280.5 298.1 0.82 9 600 4157 -16.4 -24.2 51 7.8 -18.0 311 44 297.1 297.3 281.3 300.0 0.90 10 550 4804 -21.8 -26.3 67 4.5 -22.6 303 45 298.3 298.4 281.7 300.9 0.81 11 500 5497 -27.6 -30.1 80 2.4 -28.0 293 43 299.3 299.5 281.9 301.4 0.63 12 450 6245 -34.1 -36.6 78 2.4 -34.4 293 44 300.3 300.4 282.0 301.6 0.37 13 400 7056 -41.5 -43.5 80 2.1 -41.6 292 47 301.1 301.1 282.1 301.8 0.20 14 350 7956 -43.4 -58.4 18 15.0 -43.9 300 51 310.2 310.2 285.4 310.3 0.04 15 300 8987 -45.8 -63.1 12 17.3 -46.3 305 57 320.8 320.8 289.0 320.9 0.03 16 250 10201 -45.4 -70.6 4 25.2 -46.0 299 57 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.01 17 200 11686 -47.2 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.9 299 55 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 18 150 13570 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 292 50 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16211 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 262 41 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5405.94 m Freezing level: 813.56 mb = 1796.18 m = 5892.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.24 mb = 1390.69 m = 4562.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.71 % Est. max temperature: 10.75 C = 51.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.72 mb = 2431.06 m = 7975.81 ft T: -5.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 4.01 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.84 mb = 2902.14 m = 9521.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.54 C = 56.36 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 2.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 17.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14406.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.60 mb = 2537.26 m = 8324.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.6 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 336.6 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.5 neg: -39.7 tot: 101.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 12.17 m/s