MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z MON 13 OCT 25 Station: 53.45,-112.34 Latitude: 53.45 Longitude: -112.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 484 SFC 929 672 9.9 3.1 63 6.8 6.4 227 2 289.0 289.9 282.9 303.7 5.13 3 900 937 12.8 2.4 49 10.4 7.4 11 1 294.7 295.6 285.1 309.5 5.06 4 850 1417 12.1 0.9 46 11.3 6.3 325 1 298.8 299.7 286.4 313.1 4.79 5 800 1922 8.8 -1.0 50 9.8 4.0 257 7 300.5 301.4 286.7 314.0 4.46 6 750 2452 4.4 -2.5 61 7.0 1.1 251 12 301.4 302.2 286.8 314.2 4.23 7 700 3009 -0.1 -3.1 81 2.9 -1.5 235 18 302.3 303.1 287.3 315.6 4.35 8 650 3598 -4.5 -6.8 84 2.3 -5.5 237 21 303.8 304.5 287.0 314.7 3.52 9 600 4223 -9.0 -9.5 96 0.5 -9.2 234 25 305.7 306.3 287.2 315.4 3.10 10 550 4892 -12.6 -15.2 81 2.6 -13.5 246 33 309.1 309.5 287.4 316.0 2.13 11 500 5616 -15.5 -19.8 69 4.3 -16.7 256 42 314.1 314.4 288.5 319.4 1.58 12 450 6404 -20.1 -23.2 76 3.1 -20.8 257 56 318.0 318.2 289.5 322.4 1.31 13 400 7266 -26.5 -27.6 90 1.1 -26.7 251 66 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.0 0.99 14 350 8216 -34.1 -37.8 69 3.7 -34.6 249 72 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.3 0.42 15 300 9272 -44.1 -47.5 68 3.4 -44.3 259 75 323.2 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.17 16 250 10465 -54.7 -59.2 57 4.5 -54.8 258 76 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.05 17 200 11862 -63.5 -64.9 83 1.4 -63.5 261 86 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.03 18 150 13646 -58.0 -79.8 4 21.9 -58.2 265 71 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16217 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 281 31 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.97 m Freezing level: 701.56 mb = 2991.65 m = 9814.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.51 mb = 2686.54 m = 8813.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.05 % Est. max temperature: 21.47 C = 70.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.60 mb = 1539.24 m = 5049.94 ft T: 11.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 680.47 mb = 3233.96 m = 10609.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.44 C = 74.19 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: 6.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 16.36 C K Index: 25.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 54.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10392.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.99 mb = 2440.89 m = 8008.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -12.2 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 74.69 m/s