MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 44.88,-123.79 Latitude: 44.88 Longitude: -123.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 986 207 10.9 9.4 90 1.5 10.0 179 12 285.2 286.5 283.8 306.1 7.51 2 950 518 9.6 7.5 86 2.2 8.5 191 30 287.0 288.1 283.8 306.1 6.84 3 900 964 6.6 5.4 92 1.2 5.9 206 39 288.3 289.4 283.8 306.0 6.24 4 850 1432 3.4 2.8 96 0.6 3.1 214 42 289.7 290.7 283.6 305.4 5.51 5 800 1921 0.2 -0.0 98 0.2 0.1 221 43 291.4 292.2 283.5 305.1 4.77 6 750 2436 -2.7 -3.0 98 0.3 -2.9 224 44 293.6 294.4 283.7 305.7 4.09 7 700 2980 -5.7 -6.0 98 0.3 -5.8 226 46 296.2 296.8 284.1 306.7 3.50 8 650 3558 -9.1 -9.5 97 0.4 -9.2 229 46 298.7 299.2 284.4 307.4 2.87 9 600 4173 -12.5 -13.5 92 1.1 -12.8 236 44 301.7 302.1 284.8 308.7 2.24 10 550 4835 -14.6 -21.2 57 6.6 -16.3 242 46 306.8 307.0 285.7 310.9 1.28 11 500 5550 -19.5 -25.6 59 6.1 -20.8 240 43 309.2 309.4 286.2 312.4 0.95 12 450 6325 -23.9 -35.7 33 11.8 -25.6 243 42 313.2 313.3 286.9 314.7 0.40 13 400 7181 -26.0 -48.1 11 22.1 -28.2 249 63 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.6 0.12 14 350 8138 -31.6 -44.0 28 12.4 -32.8 250 75 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 15 300 9209 -39.4 -48.6 37 9.2 -40.0 247 79 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.5 0.15 16 250 10429 -48.9 -55.3 47 6.4 -49.1 245 72 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.09 17 200 11885 -49.7 -71.7 6 22.0 -50.2 241 69 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13751 -54.4 -78.1 4 23.7 -54.7 247 58 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.5 0.01 19 100 16327 -57.1 -84.6 2 27.5 -57.5 245 39 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5461.06 m Freezing level: 796.65 mb = 1955.43 m = 6415.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 798.66 mb = 1934.28 m = 6345.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.15 % Est. max temperature: 15.84 C = 60.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.22 mb = 402.20 m = 1319.55 ft T: 10.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 0.99 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.12 mb = 1008.95 m = 3310.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.14 C = 57.45 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: 5.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 5.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 25.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.56 mb = 858.95 m = 2818.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.56 mb = 1560.20 m = 5118.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.56 mb = 2578.44 m = 8459.36 ft B at Equ Level: 18.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 646.56 mb = 3598.46 m = 11805.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 376.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 376.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 92.97 m/s