MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 53.22,-103.74 Latitude: 53.22 Longitude: -103.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 958 394 7.9 7.3 96 0.6 7.6 22 8 284.5 285.7 282.7 303.2 6.71 2 950 464 7.3 7.0 98 0.3 7.1 26 12 284.6 285.7 282.5 302.9 6.60 3 900 908 5.1 5.1 100 0.0 5.1 56 17 286.8 287.8 283.0 304.0 6.12 4 850 1374 3.5 3.5 100 0.0 3.5 52 9 289.8 290.9 284.0 306.4 5.79 5 800 1864 1.0 0.9 99 0.1 1.0 37 7 292.2 293.1 284.2 307.0 5.10 6 750 2381 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.1 17 4 294.5 295.3 284.2 307.2 4.32 7 700 2927 -5.1 -5.2 99 0.2 -5.1 13 2 296.9 297.6 284.5 308.0 3.70 8 650 3506 -7.7 -8.2 96 0.5 -7.9 10 4 300.3 300.8 285.3 309.9 3.17 9 600 4125 -11.2 -12.1 93 0.9 -11.5 322 3 303.2 303.7 285.7 311.1 2.52 10 550 4788 -15.0 -16.8 86 1.8 -15.6 284 7 306.3 306.6 286.1 312.2 1.86 11 500 5503 -19.6 -22.1 80 2.5 -20.2 278 11 309.2 309.4 286.5 313.4 1.30 12 450 6276 -25.4 -26.9 87 1.6 -25.6 253 12 311.4 311.5 286.9 314.5 0.94 13 400 7119 -32.0 -34.6 78 2.5 -32.3 251 15 313.4 313.5 287.1 315.2 0.51 14 350 8047 -39.6 -42.6 73 3.1 -39.8 251 20 315.4 315.4 287.5 316.3 0.25 15 300 9084 -46.3 -52.5 50 6.2 -46.6 258 33 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.5 0.10 16 250 10287 -49.3 -63.9 17 14.6 -49.7 259 57 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.03 17 200 11740 -50.6 -72.0 6 21.5 -51.0 260 67 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13617 -50.7 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 264 54 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16229 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 255 49 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5463.37 m Freezing level: 782.92 mb = 2040.58 m = 6694.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.29 mb = 2022.90 m = 6636.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.66 % Est. max temperature: 15.12 C = 59.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.61 mb = 467.60 m = 1534.11 ft T: 7.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 0.24 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 840.27 m = 2756.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.80 C = 49.64 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 26.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 70.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12690.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.00 mb = 862.19 m = 2828.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.6 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 10.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 18.66 m/s