MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 46.58,-122.91 Latitude: 46.58 Longitude: -122.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 990 199 13.1 10.2 82 2.9 11.4 170 8 287.0 288.4 284.9 309.1 7.88 2 950 545 9.8 7.2 84 2.6 8.3 176 23 287.1 288.3 283.8 305.9 6.70 3 900 992 6.3 5.2 92 1.2 5.7 184 30 288.0 289.1 283.5 305.4 6.15 4 850 1459 3.5 2.3 92 1.2 2.9 201 35 289.8 290.8 283.4 305.0 5.31 5 800 1948 0.3 -1.6 87 2.0 -0.6 210 38 291.5 292.3 282.9 303.8 4.24 6 750 2463 -2.5 -7.2 70 4.7 -4.3 215 37 293.9 294.4 282.5 302.7 2.96 7 700 3007 -6.2 -11.9 64 5.7 -8.1 220 36 295.6 296.0 282.3 302.3 2.20 8 650 3582 -10.0 -14.3 71 4.2 -11.3 220 37 297.6 298.0 282.8 303.6 1.94 9 600 4195 -14.2 -15.5 90 1.3 -14.6 216 42 299.7 300.0 283.7 305.6 1.91 10 550 4849 -18.6 -19.1 96 0.5 -18.7 210 43 302.0 302.3 284.1 306.9 1.53 11 500 5557 -19.7 -35.3 24 15.6 -22.1 216 59 309.0 309.0 285.4 310.3 0.38 12 450 6332 -24.6 -45.8 12 21.2 -26.7 218 69 312.3 312.4 286.4 312.9 0.14 13 400 7178 -30.6 -50.0 13 19.4 -32.0 219 75 315.2 315.2 287.3 315.6 0.10 14 350 8117 -35.9 -44.8 40 8.8 -36.7 219 80 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.0 0.20 15 300 9169 -44.0 -50.6 48 6.7 -44.3 219 78 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.12 16 250 10385 -45.4 -65.7 8 20.3 -46.0 219 82 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 17 200 11866 -47.4 -74.4 3 27.0 -48.0 221 74 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 18 150 13746 -52.8 -80.4 2 27.5 -53.3 214 62 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16343 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 205 24 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5441.62 m Freezing level: 794.19 mb = 2007.83 m = 6587.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 808.19 mb = 1865.78 m = 6121.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.68 % Est. max temperature: 16.17 C = 61.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.78 mb = 564.60 m = 1852.32 ft T: 9.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 6.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 975.75 m = 3201.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.04 C = 57.27 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: 4.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 19.84 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.25 mb = 907.44 m = 2977.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.25 mb = 1513.61 m = 4965.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 584.25 mb = 4394.58 m = 14417.73 ft B at Equ Level: 22.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 524.25 mb = 5205.33 m = 17077.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 283.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 101.46 m/s