MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 55.72,-75.00 Latitude: 55.72 Longitude: -75.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -92 SFC 955 285 5.6 5.6 100 0.0 5.6 155 16 282.4 283.4 280.8 298.8 5.95 2 950 330 6.2 6.0 99 0.1 6.1 158 21 283.4 284.5 281.5 300.6 6.18 3 900 773 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 179 41 286.9 287.9 283.1 304.2 6.15 4 850 1240 4.4 4.2 98 0.2 4.3 212 45 290.8 291.8 284.6 308.1 6.07 5 800 1732 1.7 1.0 95 0.7 1.4 210 47 293.0 293.9 284.5 307.9 5.13 6 750 2250 -1.0 -2.7 89 1.6 -1.7 206 50 295.5 296.2 284.5 307.9 4.19 7 700 2798 -4.4 -6.0 89 1.5 -5.1 204 51 297.6 298.2 284.6 308.1 3.50 8 650 3379 -8.0 -9.5 89 1.5 -8.5 204 53 299.9 300.4 284.8 308.7 2.86 9 600 3996 -12.1 -13.9 86 1.8 -12.7 200 57 302.1 302.5 284.9 308.9 2.17 10 550 4656 -17.1 -18.7 87 1.7 -17.5 197 64 303.8 304.1 284.9 308.9 1.58 11 500 5364 -21.7 -27.3 61 5.5 -22.8 200 73 306.5 306.7 285.0 309.3 0.82 12 450 6131 -27.6 -36.2 44 8.6 -28.6 202 80 308.6 308.7 285.3 309.9 0.39 13 400 6969 -32.2 -54.7 9 22.5 -33.6 210 87 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.3 0.06 14 350 7900 -38.3 -56.0 14 17.8 -39.1 211 95 317.1 317.1 287.9 317.4 0.06 15 300 8941 -46.4 -58.5 24 12.2 -46.7 209 96 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.2 0.05 16 250 10133 -52.3 -63.6 24 11.3 -52.5 211 101 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.4 0.03 17 200 11565 -54.3 -69.8 13 15.6 -54.5 223 86 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13425 -52.5 -81.4 2 28.9 -52.9 220 58 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16042 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 234 72 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5456.59 m Freezing level: 768.73 mb = 2056.38 m = 6746.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.98 mb = 1956.37 m = 6418.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.07 % Est. max temperature: 15.78 C = 60.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.03 mb = 286.60 m = 940.26 ft T: 5.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 0.27 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.20 mb = 285.16 m = 935.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.98 C = 42.76 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: 4.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.90 C K Index: 28.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12653.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.00 mb = 754.73 m = 2476.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.8 at 56.2 knts Storm direction: 230.8 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 380.3 neg: -4.0 tot: 376.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 148.25 m/s