MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 52.61,-103.93 Latitude: 52.61 Longitude: -103.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 469 SFC 944 518 5.5 2.8 83 2.7 4.2 132 4 283.2 284.1 280.0 297.1 4.95 3 900 915 7.7 -0.5 56 8.2 3.9 134 8 289.5 290.2 281.9 301.3 4.09 4 850 1386 7.4 -6.8 36 14.2 1.5 140 7 293.9 294.4 282.1 302.0 2.69 5 800 1883 6.2 -8.7 33 14.9 0.1 159 5 297.8 298.2 283.5 305.3 2.48 6 750 2410 4.2 -10.4 34 14.6 -1.6 178 5 301.1 301.5 284.7 308.3 2.31 7 700 2968 2.0 -14.6 28 16.7 -4.0 152 5 304.7 305.1 285.4 310.3 1.75 8 650 3563 -0.6 -26.0 13 25.4 -7.5 114 8 308.3 308.4 285.5 310.6 0.71 9 600 4197 -4.7 -29.3 13 24.6 -10.6 105 8 310.7 310.8 286.3 312.7 0.56 10 550 4876 -8.7 -25.9 24 17.2 -13.1 113 5 313.8 313.9 287.6 316.6 0.84 11 500 5608 -13.2 -28.4 27 15.2 -16.7 167 3 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.5 0.73 12 450 6402 -18.5 -41.3 12 22.8 -21.8 125 13 320.0 320.0 289.0 320.8 0.23 13 400 7269 -25.0 -49.0 9 24.0 -27.3 92 12 322.6 322.6 289.6 323.0 0.11 14 350 8225 -32.4 -50.2 15 17.8 -33.7 76 10 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.11 15 300 9290 -41.9 -52.2 32 10.3 -42.4 81 16 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.7 0.10 16 250 10496 -51.5 -59.0 40 7.5 -51.7 67 18 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 17 200 11931 -53.8 -69.5 13 15.7 -54.1 124 5 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13768 -56.8 -79.4 4 22.6 -57.1 250 15 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16304 -60.1 -84.9 3 24.8 -60.4 284 26 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5562.35 m Freezing level: 661.79 mb = 3422.92 m = 11229.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.97 mb = 1924.47 m = 6313.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.57 % Est. max temperature: 20.14 C = 68.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.93 mb = 860.81 m = 2824.13 ft T: 7.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 944.4- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.09 mb = 4692.59 m = 15395.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.71 C = 94.47 F Cap Strength: 14.04 C Lifted Index: 15.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.11 C Showalter Index: 14.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.63 C Cross Totals Index: 6.41 C K Index: -2.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 17.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15350.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.59 mb = 2073.23 m = 6801.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.5 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 162.5 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4860.81 Bulk Shear: 0.01 m/s