MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 50.38,-75.16 Latitude: 50.38 Longitude: -75.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 959 384 21.3 15.3 69 6.0 17.4 188 15 298.0 300.1 292.1 331.4 11.48 2 950 463 20.1 14.6 70 5.6 16.5 191 26 297.6 299.6 291.6 329.6 11.02 3 900 927 15.6 13.1 85 2.5 14.0 194 39 297.5 299.4 291.2 328.2 10.56 4 850 1409 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 202 46 298.2 300.0 290.9 327.0 9.89 5 800 1915 9.8 7.0 83 2.8 8.2 216 57 301.6 303.0 290.3 325.0 7.88 6 750 2448 5.8 3.3 83 2.6 4.4 215 59 302.9 304.1 289.5 322.3 6.46 7 700 3010 2.2 -0.9 80 3.1 0.7 213 62 304.9 305.9 288.9 320.6 5.12 8 650 3606 -0.6 -7.1 61 6.5 -3.4 213 66 308.2 308.9 288.4 319.1 3.45 9 600 4241 -4.5 -11.4 59 6.9 -7.1 213 68 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.5 2.67 10 550 4921 -8.9 -14.2 66 5.2 -10.8 212 70 313.5 313.9 289.0 321.0 2.32 11 500 5653 -13.0 -15.0 85 2.1 -13.7 211 68 317.2 317.7 290.3 325.1 2.38 12 450 6448 -18.3 -19.9 87 1.6 -18.7 212 64 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.2 1.75 13 400 7317 -24.5 -25.1 94 0.7 -24.6 217 64 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.5 1.24 14 350 8275 -31.8 -32.0 98 0.2 -31.9 218 68 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.75 15 300 9344 -40.7 -40.7 100 0.0 -40.7 213 72 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.4 0.37 16 250 10558 -50.3 -50.3 100 0.0 -50.3 208 83 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.15 17 200 11985 -57.7 -64.3 43 6.6 -57.9 205 81 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 13810 -56.4 -79.2 4 22.8 -56.8 236 43 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16349 -61.4 -83.4 4 22.0 -61.6 243 30 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.92 m Freezing level: 661.10 mb = 3473.57 m = 11396.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.90 mb = 3103.55 m = 10182.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.23 C = 75.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.85 mb = 1136.93 m = 3730.06 ft T: 13.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 12.30 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1291.51 m = 4237.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 32.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 230.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.47 mb = 1247.03 m = 4091.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.47 mb = 1394.42 m = 4574.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.47 mb = 1694.14 m = 5558.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.47 mb = 11332.98 m = 37181.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 59.4 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 44.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 419.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 137.67 m/s