MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 48.30,-120.73 Latitude: 48.30 Longitude: -120.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 485 2 900 928 3 850 1392 SFC 839 1501 1.2 1.1 99 0.1 1.1 241 3 288.5 289.4 282.4 302.6 4.95 5 800 1878 -0.9 -1.0 99 0.2 -1.0 246 6 290.2 291.0 282.6 303.0 4.43 6 750 2392 -3.3 -3.8 97 0.5 -3.6 250 13 293.0 293.6 283.1 304.3 3.85 7 700 2934 -6.7 -7.0 97 0.4 -6.8 251 28 295.1 295.7 283.3 304.7 3.22 8 650 3510 -10.0 -10.6 95 0.7 -10.2 258 37 297.7 298.2 283.7 305.6 2.61 9 600 4122 -14.1 -14.9 93 0.8 -14.3 264 35 299.8 300.2 283.8 306.1 2.00 10 550 4779 -16.8 -17.2 97 0.4 -16.9 287 15 304.1 304.4 285.2 309.8 1.80 11 500 5490 -20.7 -20.8 100 0.1 -20.7 328 3 307.8 308.1 286.2 312.6 1.46 12 450 6261 -25.8 -25.8 99 0.1 -25.8 61 10 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.3 1.03 13 400 7104 -31.8 -31.8 100 -0.0 -31.9 66 23 313.6 313.7 287.4 315.9 0.66 14 350 8032 -39.5 -39.5 100 -0.0 -39.5 69 37 315.4 315.5 287.6 316.7 0.35 15 300 9066 -48.0 -48.0 100 0.0 -48.0 82 43 317.6 317.7 288.2 318.3 0.16 16 250 10269 -45.4 -72.1 3 26.7 -46.0 239 15 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.6 0.01 17 200 11756 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 230 32 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 18 150 13653 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 232 35 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 19 100 16285 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 229 32 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5430.14 m Freezing level: 816.43 mb = 1717.46 m = 5634.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.86 mb = 1701.30 m = 5581.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.55 % Est. max temperature: 8.01 C = 46.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.63 mb = 1509.83 m = 4953.45 ft T: 1.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 838.6--1117047487299876477206528.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.05 mb = 2068.95 m = 6787.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.78 C = 38.81 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 5.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13436.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.12 mb = 2037.75 m = 6685.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.7 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 301.7 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 26.13 m/s