MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 47.4,-121.42 Latitude: 47.40 Longitude: -121.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 1 950 458 2 900 913 SFC 874 1159 10.7 5.7 71 5.1 7.9 122 6 295.0 296.2 286.8 314.1 6.56 4 850 1391 10.2 4.5 67 5.8 7.1 123 15 296.9 298.0 287.1 315.1 6.21 5 800 1892 6.5 3.0 78 3.5 4.7 128 26 298.1 299.2 287.3 315.7 5.96 6 750 2418 2.0 1.4 96 0.6 1.7 138 36 298.7 299.8 287.2 315.5 5.65 7 700 2972 -1.7 -1.8 99 0.1 -1.8 156 44 300.6 301.5 287.1 314.9 4.78 8 650 3558 -5.2 -5.5 98 0.3 -5.4 169 50 303.0 303.7 287.1 314.9 3.89 9 600 4183 -8.3 -8.6 97 0.4 -8.4 184 50 306.6 307.2 287.7 316.9 3.32 10 550 4854 -12.3 -12.6 98 0.3 -12.4 203 44 309.5 310.0 288.1 317.9 2.64 11 500 5575 -17.0 -17.3 98 0.3 -17.1 199 47 312.3 312.7 288.3 318.7 1.96 12 450 6358 -21.9 -22.5 95 0.6 -22.1 190 44 315.7 315.9 288.8 320.3 1.39 13 400 7215 -27.8 -28.8 91 1.0 -28.0 173 42 318.9 319.1 289.3 322.0 0.88 14 350 8161 -34.8 -36.3 86 1.6 -35.0 173 47 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.6 0.49 15 300 9216 -43.3 -49.8 49 6.5 -43.6 185 49 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.13 16 250 10430 -47.9 -64.4 13 16.5 -48.3 218 50 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 17 200 11891 -50.3 -72.4 6 22.1 -50.7 238 50 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13759 -53.2 -80.0 2 26.8 -53.7 221 37 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16347 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 224 25 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5552.64 m Freezing level: 723.21 mb = 2714.80 m = 8906.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.99 mb = 2679.31 m = 8790.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.34 % Est. max temperature: 15.20 C = 59.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.26 mb = 1797.10 m = 5895.92 ft T: 7.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.15 mb = 2351.71 m = 7715.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.21 C = 57.57 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: 2.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 31.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.29 mb = 2200.76 m = 7220.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.29 mb = 2911.29 m = 9551.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 645.29 mb = 3614.67 m = 11859.01 ft B at Equ Level: 12.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 595.29 mb = 4243.68 m = 13922.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.9 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 206.9 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 587.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 587.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 195.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 155.41 m/s