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: 52.34,-126.5 Latitude: 52.34 Longitude: -126.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 186 1 950 616 2 900 1064 SFC 891 1145 6.3 4.3 87 2.0 5.3 224 3 288.8 289.9 283.6 305.5 5.84 4 850 1535 6.4 1.9 73 4.6 4.1 239 6 292.9 293.8 284.5 307.8 5.15 5 800 2029 2.6 -0.9 78 3.4 1.0 236 7 293.9 294.7 284.2 307.1 4.49 6 750 2547 -1.6 -2.8 91 1.3 -2.1 227 8 294.9 295.6 284.2 307.1 4.14 7 700 3094 -4.4 -5.1 94 0.8 -4.7 256 12 297.7 298.3 284.9 308.8 3.72 8 650 3675 -7.8 -8.5 94 0.7 -8.1 274 17 300.2 300.7 285.2 309.6 3.09 9 600 4294 -10.1 -10.9 93 0.8 -10.4 287 27 304.5 305.0 286.4 313.1 2.77 10 550 4965 -11.0 -11.6 96 0.6 -11.2 289 39 311.0 311.6 288.8 320.2 2.87 11 500 5692 -15.0 -15.2 99 0.1 -15.1 290 46 314.7 315.2 289.5 322.4 2.35 12 450 6481 -20.0 -20.0 100 0.0 -20.0 286 50 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.9 1.73 13 400 7346 -25.1 -25.6 96 0.5 -25.2 284 48 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.5 1.19 14 350 8304 -31.7 -32.4 93 0.8 -31.8 290 54 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.72 15 300 9374 -40.2 -43.0 75 2.8 -40.4 290 62 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.29 16 250 10589 -50.8 -53.9 69 3.1 -50.8 286 64 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 17 200 12009 -57.9 -61.5 63 3.6 -57.9 281 72 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 13839 -57.0 -80.9 3 23.9 -57.3 286 54 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16382 -60.6 -84.2 3 23.6 -60.8 284 30 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5505.64 m Freezing level: 768.82 mb = 2352.39 m = 7717.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.59 mb = 2185.46 m = 7170.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.30 % Est. max temperature: 12.63 C = 54.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.80 mb = 1402.45 m = 4601.17 ft T: 6.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.11 C/km ThetaE index: 0.74 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.39 mb = 2321.66 m = 7616.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.78 C = 53.20 F Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lifted Index: 9.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 8.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.46 C Cross Totals Index: 16.89 C K Index: 22.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11557.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.29 mb = 2086.77 m = 6846.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.3 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 312.3 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 76.95 m/s