MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 48.43,-122.57 Latitude: 48.43 Longitude: -122.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 36 11.5 8.7 83 2.8 10.0 163 7 284.2 285.4 282.9 303.7 7.03 1 1000 83 11.0 7.5 79 3.6 9.1 164 10 284.2 285.3 282.3 302.3 6.50 2 950 509 8.0 4.6 80 3.3 6.3 201 10 285.3 286.2 281.7 301.0 5.61 3 900 953 4.7 1.9 82 2.7 3.4 230 13 286.3 287.2 281.4 300.2 4.89 4 850 1416 1.1 -0.6 88 1.7 0.4 238 18 287.3 288.1 281.2 299.7 4.32 5 800 1901 -2.2 -4.0 87 1.9 -2.9 243 29 288.8 289.5 281.0 299.1 3.54 6 750 2411 -5.2 -6.5 90 1.4 -5.7 252 32 290.9 291.5 281.4 300.1 3.12 7 700 2950 -8.3 -9.9 88 1.6 -8.8 261 30 293.3 293.8 281.8 301.1 2.58 8 650 3521 -12.3 -13.3 92 1.0 -12.6 264 30 295.1 295.4 282.0 301.5 2.11 9 600 4127 -16.8 -17.0 98 0.2 -16.8 264 29 296.7 297.0 282.1 301.9 1.68 10 550 4775 -21.5 -22.2 95 0.6 -21.7 268 31 298.5 298.8 282.3 302.3 1.18 11 500 5470 -26.3 -27.9 86 1.6 -26.6 270 37 300.9 301.1 282.8 303.4 0.77 12 450 6224 -31.1 -38.5 48 7.4 -31.8 267 48 304.2 304.2 283.5 305.2 0.31 13 400 7047 -37.8 -44.3 50 6.6 -38.2 266 49 305.9 305.9 284.0 306.6 0.19 14 350 7954 -44.2 -51.7 43 7.5 -44.5 272 50 309.2 309.2 285.1 309.5 0.09 15 300 8980 -45.9 -61.0 17 15.1 -46.3 280 57 320.6 320.6 289.0 320.8 0.03 16 250 10197 -45.5 -71.8 4 26.3 -46.1 288 63 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.01 17 200 11676 -47.6 -77.7 2 30.2 -48.2 285 62 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.00 18 150 13569 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.1 277 58 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.00 19 100 16215 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 255 36 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5386.54 m Freezing level: 832.68 mb = 1583.89 m = 5196.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 844.34 mb = 1469.34 m = 4820.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.08 % Est. max temperature: 14.54 C = 58.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.57 mb = 391.34 m = 1283.91 ft T: 8.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 4.60 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1037.63 m = 3404.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.84 C = 56.91 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 25.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.96 mb = 871.49 m = 2859.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.96 mb = 1472.95 m = 4832.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.96 mb = 2579.54 m = 8462.97 ft B at Equ Level: 14.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 643.96 mb = 3591.46 m = 11782.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 94.41 m/s