MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510111800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510111800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 45.8,-96.9 Latitude: 45.80 Longitude: -96.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -75 1 950 363 SFC 949 373 17.6 12.1 70 5.5 14.2 141 18 295.1 296.8 289.4 322.1 9.37 3 900 823 14.4 10.7 79 3.7 12.1 151 35 296.4 298.0 289.5 322.5 9.04 4 850 1304 11.1 9.2 89 1.8 10.0 169 39 297.7 299.3 289.6 323.0 8.65 5 800 1808 7.9 6.4 90 1.6 7.1 187 40 299.6 301.0 289.3 321.8 7.53 6 750 2338 4.6 3.6 93 1.0 4.1 196 38 301.5 302.8 289.2 321.3 6.62 7 700 2898 2.3 -3.8 64 6.1 -0.6 205 30 305.0 305.8 288.0 317.7 4.12 8 650 3493 -1.2 -8.0 60 6.8 -4.1 189 29 307.6 308.2 288.0 317.7 3.21 9 600 4126 -5.7 -11.2 65 5.6 -7.8 177 36 309.5 310.1 288.1 318.2 2.70 10 550 4801 -11.4 -14.6 77 3.2 -12.5 177 41 310.6 311.0 288.1 317.8 2.25 11 500 5524 -16.7 -19.0 82 2.3 -17.3 173 46 312.7 313.0 288.2 318.3 1.70 12 450 6308 -21.2 -25.8 66 4.6 -22.2 171 57 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.2 1.04 13 400 7169 -25.7 -27.8 82 2.1 -26.1 174 76 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.0 0.97 14 350 8124 -32.3 -44.3 29 12.0 -33.4 175 96 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.21 15 300 9191 -40.8 -47.5 48 6.8 -41.2 169 95 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.17 16 250 10405 -50.4 -59.5 33 9.1 -50.7 176 95 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.3 0.05 17 200 11841 -54.0 -70.9 11 16.9 -54.2 180 72 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 18 150 13680 -55.5 -81.1 3 25.6 -55.8 210 45 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16254 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 234 32 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.53 m Freezing level: 667.33 mb = 3286.63 m = 10782.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.12 mb = 2827.19 m = 9275.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.19 % Est. max temperature: 22.04 C = 71.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.92 mb = 1070.54 m = 3512.22 ft T: 12.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 5.29 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1579.83 m = 5183.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.16 C = 70.09 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 30.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.36 mb = 1300.51 m = 4266.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.36 mb = 4186.20 m = 13734.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.36 mb = 6550.06 m = 21489.42 ft B at Equ Level: 101.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.36 mb = 8015.67 m = 26297.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.3 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 208.3 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 275.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 53.09 m/s