MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 51.67,-127.21 Latitude: 51.67 Longitude: -127.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 1 950 622 SFC 935 756 8.9 6.6 85 2.3 7.7 290 2 287.6 288.7 283.8 306.0 6.54 3 900 1072 9.1 3.7 69 5.4 6.3 302 3 290.9 291.9 284.1 306.8 5.55 4 850 1543 5.8 1.2 72 4.6 3.6 317 5 292.3 293.1 284.0 306.5 4.91 5 800 2036 2.1 -2.0 74 4.2 0.3 307 6 293.4 294.2 283.6 305.5 4.12 6 750 2554 -1.4 -4.1 82 2.7 -2.6 297 8 295.1 295.7 283.9 306.2 3.75 7 700 3101 -4.4 -5.2 94 0.8 -4.7 280 16 297.6 298.3 284.8 308.8 3.71 8 650 3682 -7.0 -7.6 95 0.6 -7.2 282 23 301.1 301.7 285.8 311.2 3.32 9 600 4307 -7.3 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.5 291 33 307.7 308.4 288.3 318.8 3.54 10 550 4982 -10.0 -10.5 96 0.5 -10.2 290 40 312.2 312.8 289.4 322.2 3.12 11 500 5712 -14.3 -14.6 98 0.2 -14.4 290 45 315.6 316.0 289.9 323.7 2.47 12 450 6503 -19.2 -19.5 98 0.3 -19.3 289 43 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.1 1.81 13 400 7370 -24.5 -25.5 91 1.0 -24.8 292 41 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.3 1.20 14 350 8329 -31.3 -32.3 91 1.0 -31.4 294 47 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.1 0.73 15 300 9402 -39.8 -42.1 79 2.3 -39.9 295 51 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.32 16 250 10618 -50.4 -50.8 95 0.4 -50.4 284 52 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.14 17 200 12041 -57.9 -61.5 63 3.6 -58.0 282 61 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 13865 -57.8 -81.2 4 23.3 -58.1 289 51 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16397 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 285 30 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.61 m Freezing level: 769.66 mb = 2350.69 m = 7712.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.48 mb = 2081.90 m = 6830.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.46 % Est. max temperature: 15.16 C = 59.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.21 mb = 1051.81 m = 3450.78 ft T: 9.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.82 C/km ThetaE index: 1.32 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.38 mb = 2113.22 m = 6933.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.92 C = 58.86 F Cap Strength: 8.94 C Lifted Index: 10.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: 10.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.16 C Cross Totals Index: 15.55 C K Index: 20.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11862.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.80 mb = 1788.17 m = 5866.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.5 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 319.5 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -2.7 tot: 61.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 63.98 m/s