MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 47.52,-86.38 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -86.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -18 SFC 977 179 9.3 5.7 78 3.6 7.5 258 18 284.4 285.4 281.7 300.8 5.90 2 950 407 6.9 4.1 82 2.8 5.5 259 21 284.2 285.1 281.0 299.3 5.39 3 900 849 3.0 2.8 99 0.2 2.9 260 20 284.6 285.5 281.0 299.2 5.21 4 850 1309 -0.2 -0.4 99 0.2 -0.3 261 19 285.9 286.7 280.6 298.3 4.37 5 800 1792 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.0 246 15 288.0 288.7 280.8 298.9 3.77 6 750 2301 -6.1 -6.6 96 0.6 -6.2 216 13 290.0 290.5 280.9 299.1 3.10 7 700 2837 -8.5 -12.7 72 4.2 -9.8 215 14 293.1 293.5 281.0 299.3 2.06 8 650 3410 -10.9 -21.8 40 10.9 -13.6 213 10 296.6 296.8 281.3 299.9 1.03 9 600 4020 -15.4 -27.1 36 11.7 -17.7 199 8 298.3 298.4 281.5 300.5 0.69 10 550 4670 -20.4 -30.2 41 9.8 -22.0 173 10 299.9 300.0 282.1 301.7 0.57 11 500 5368 -25.9 -33.3 50 7.4 -26.9 160 12 301.5 301.6 282.6 303.0 0.46 12 450 6120 -32.4 -32.9 96 0.4 -32.5 136 14 302.5 302.6 283.1 304.3 0.53 13 400 6939 -38.2 -38.3 100 0.0 -38.2 118 25 305.3 305.4 284.0 306.5 0.35 14 350 7851 -41.5 -53.7 25 12.3 -42.0 125 35 312.8 312.8 286.4 313.1 0.07 15 300 8887 -45.3 -64.6 10 19.3 -45.8 118 34 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.5 0.02 16 250 10099 -46.2 -71.4 4 25.2 -46.7 120 24 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.01 17 200 11583 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 152 16 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 18 150 13487 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 207 17 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.6 0.01 19 100 16134 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.4 258 14 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5385.18 m Freezing level: 853.55 mb = 1276.27 m = 4187.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.15 mb = 1260.37 m = 4135.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.19 % Est. max temperature: 11.80 C = 53.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.64 mb = 628.02 m = 2060.42 ft T: 4.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 836.14 m = 2743.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.53 C = 49.15 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 21.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 92.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.61 mb = 824.90 m = 2706.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.61 mb = 960.21 m = 3150.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 757.61 mb = 2220.95 m = 7286.51 ft B at Equ Level: 12.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 697.61 mb = 2863.69 m = 9395.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -20.8 tot: -17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 24.55 m/s