MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.55,-106.85 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -106.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 1 950 440 SFC 908 815 11.8 0.7 47 11.0 6.3 346 9 292.9 293.7 283.7 305.8 4.44 3 900 894 12.1 -0.2 43 12.3 6.1 344 13 294.0 294.7 283.9 306.3 4.19 4 850 1369 7.9 -1.7 50 9.7 3.4 336 18 294.5 295.2 283.8 306.2 3.96 5 800 1866 4.2 -2.9 60 7.1 1.0 304 20 295.6 296.3 284.2 307.1 3.86 6 750 2387 0.6 -5.3 65 5.9 -1.9 286 28 297.2 297.8 284.4 307.5 3.43 7 700 2938 -3.1 -8.7 65 5.6 -5.3 277 36 299.1 299.6 284.5 307.7 2.83 8 650 3519 -8.0 -12.1 72 4.1 -9.4 278 36 300.0 300.4 284.2 307.2 2.33 9 600 4136 -12.3 -16.7 70 4.4 -13.6 281 41 301.9 302.2 284.3 307.3 1.72 10 550 4795 -17.0 -19.4 81 2.5 -17.6 275 51 304.0 304.2 284.8 308.7 1.49 11 500 5503 -22.2 -23.6 89 1.4 -22.5 270 60 305.9 306.1 285.2 309.7 1.14 12 450 6268 -27.5 -37.8 37 10.2 -28.7 268 61 308.6 308.7 285.2 309.8 0.33 13 400 7106 -32.9 -50.7 15 17.8 -34.1 270 61 312.2 312.2 286.2 312.6 0.09 14 350 8035 -37.4 -55.6 13 18.2 -38.3 273 70 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.5 0.06 15 300 9089 -42.0 -61.4 10 19.4 -42.6 267 62 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.3 0.03 16 250 10319 -42.7 -67.3 5 24.5 -43.6 254 50 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.02 17 200 11825 -43.5 -74.8 2 31.3 -44.5 275 48 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 18 150 13716 -54.9 -80.7 3 25.8 -55.3 258 40 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16279 -59.3 -84.9 2 25.7 -59.6 274 22 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5497.44 m Freezing level: 742.16 mb = 2473.55 m = 8115.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 782.66 mb = 2042.69 m = 6701.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.51 % Est. max temperature: 15.74 C = 60.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.09 mb = 2194.63 m = 7200.15 ft T: 1.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 0.09 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.04 mb = 3095.72 m = 10156.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.08 C = 64.55 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 2.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 22.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12267.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.18 mb = 2546.50 m = 8354.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 5.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.9 neg: -34.0 tot: 56.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 176.94 m/s