MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 55.04,-123.27 Latitude: 55.04 Longitude: -123.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 480 2 900 921 SFC 896 958 2.8 -1.7 72 4.5 0.8 231 6 284.8 285.4 279.3 295.4 3.76 4 850 1383 1.1 -3.8 70 4.9 -0.9 250 25 287.3 287.9 280.0 297.0 3.39 5 800 1869 -1.2 -7.3 63 6.1 -3.5 266 31 289.9 290.4 280.5 298.0 2.76 6 750 2380 -4.5 -12.3 54 7.8 -7.0 280 32 291.7 292.1 280.3 297.7 1.99 7 700 2919 -8.7 -15.7 57 7.0 -10.7 287 32 292.9 293.2 280.3 297.8 1.60 8 650 3488 -13.5 -17.0 75 3.4 -14.5 287 28 293.7 294.0 280.7 298.5 1.56 9 600 4091 -18.5 -19.8 89 1.3 -18.8 280 26 294.7 295.0 280.8 298.8 1.32 10 550 4733 -23.8 -24.1 98 0.2 -23.9 276 27 295.8 296.0 280.8 298.9 0.99 11 500 5421 -29.7 -29.7 100 0.0 -29.7 271 28 296.8 296.9 280.8 298.9 0.65 12 450 6161 -36.3 -36.3 100 -0.0 -36.3 263 29 297.6 297.7 280.8 298.9 0.38 13 400 6971 -39.0 -50.8 27 11.9 -39.5 258 37 304.3 304.3 283.2 304.7 0.09 14 350 7887 -39.1 -58.7 11 19.6 -39.9 269 56 316.0 316.0 287.5 316.1 0.04 15 300 8943 -39.0 -65.4 4 26.5 -39.9 277 62 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.5 0.02 16 250 10189 -40.7 -71.5 2 30.8 -41.7 281 63 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.01 17 200 11697 -43.4 -74.7 2 31.3 -44.4 273 63 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 18 150 13610 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.3 272 65 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.01 19 100 16231 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 270 38 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5363.52 m Freezing level: 826.13 mb = 1615.14 m = 5298.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 874.32 mb = 1155.19 m = 3789.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.20 % Est. max temperature: 9.64 C = 49.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.12 mb = 1524.82 m = 5002.62 ft T: 0.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 0.33 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.93 mb = 2613.59 m = 8574.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.04 C = 50.07 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 19.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14672.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.66 mb = 2072.87 m = 6800.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.9 neg: -13.1 tot: 180.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 28.13 m/s