MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510021200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510021200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 47.4,-95.7 Latitude: 47.40 Longitude: -95.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 958 425 25.9 10.1 37 15.7 16.0 182 18 302.7 304.2 290.9 327.0 8.14 2 950 494 26.1 9.9 36 16.2 16.0 184 27 303.7 305.2 291.2 328.0 8.10 3 900 968 24.1 8.9 38 15.2 14.7 196 46 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.5 7.97 4 850 1467 22.1 6.7 37 15.4 12.7 213 49 309.3 310.7 292.2 331.6 7.25 5 800 1989 17.9 4.8 42 13.1 10.2 219 42 310.2 311.5 292.0 331.1 6.75 6 750 2537 13.4 3.1 50 10.3 7.5 227 35 311.1 312.3 292.0 330.9 6.39 7 700 3113 9.1 -1.6 47 10.7 3.5 230 29 312.5 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.87 8 650 3722 4.4 -6.5 45 10.9 -0.6 224 26 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.6 3.62 9 600 4367 -0.6 -9.9 49 9.3 -4.5 231 25 315.5 316.1 290.3 325.3 3.01 10 550 5055 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.8 241 30 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.2 3.41 11 500 5792 -11.8 -18.7 57 6.9 -14.0 236 35 318.6 318.9 290.1 324.5 1.74 12 450 6592 -16.3 -30.8 28 14.5 -19.4 240 38 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.65 13 400 7467 -22.7 -37.7 24 15.0 -25.0 248 39 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.37 14 350 8430 -30.7 -40.1 39 9.4 -31.8 251 45 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.33 15 300 9504 -39.4 -41.9 77 2.5 -39.6 257 48 329.8 329.8 292.0 331.0 0.32 16 250 10725 -49.3 -50.8 85 1.4 -49.4 257 54 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 17 200 12150 -59.6 -60.0 95 0.4 -59.6 262 57 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.06 18 150 13936 -61.7 -77.0 11 15.3 -61.8 260 52 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16427 -63.9 -83.6 5 19.7 -64.1 270 36 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.34 m Freezing level: 605.61 mb = 4295.01 m = 14091.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.51 mb = 3627.43 m = 11900.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.12 C = 91.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.83 mb = 2426.40 m = 7960.52 ft T: 14.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 6.33 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.34 mb = 3792.38 m = 12442.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.12 C = 98.81 F Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.79 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 29.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 440.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.34 mb = 2873.81 m = 9428.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 545.34 mb = 5121.00 m = 16800.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.34 mb = 6337.08 m = 20790.69 ft B at Equ Level: 35.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 335.34 mb = 8728.01 m = 28634.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.8 neg: -21.9 tot: 341.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 50.28 m/s