MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 53.15,-121.15 Latitude: 53.15 Longitude: -121.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 533 2 900 975 SFC 851 1427 0.7 -1.6 85 2.2 -0.3 198 6 286.8 287.5 280.6 298.2 4.01 4 850 1436 0.5 -3.3 75 3.8 -1.1 201 8 286.7 287.3 279.9 296.8 3.51 5 800 1919 -3.8 -7.2 77 3.4 -5.0 209 16 287.1 287.6 279.2 295.2 2.79 6 750 2425 -7.5 -11.1 75 3.6 -8.7 227 24 288.4 288.8 279.0 294.8 2.18 7 700 2958 -11.5 -15.4 73 3.9 -12.6 243 31 289.7 290.0 278.9 294.7 1.64 8 650 3520 -16.5 -17.2 94 0.7 -16.6 251 33 290.4 290.6 279.1 295.0 1.53 9 600 4116 -21.2 -21.4 99 0.2 -21.2 267 36 291.6 291.8 279.1 295.2 1.16 10 550 4752 -26.2 -26.3 99 0.2 -26.2 271 31 293.1 293.2 279.4 295.6 0.81 11 500 5434 -31.5 -31.7 99 0.1 -31.6 256 22 294.6 294.7 279.7 296.3 0.54 12 450 6171 -36.2 -40.5 65 4.3 -36.5 240 30 297.7 297.7 280.7 298.5 0.25 13 400 6985 -38.3 -58.4 10 20.0 -39.1 263 36 305.2 305.2 283.5 305.3 0.04 14 350 7893 -42.9 -61.3 12 18.4 -43.5 263 42 310.8 310.8 285.7 310.9 0.03 15 300 8925 -45.7 -64.3 11 18.6 -46.2 259 71 320.9 320.9 289.0 321.0 0.02 16 250 10131 -48.6 -70.5 6 21.9 -49.0 261 81 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.01 17 200 11594 -49.4 -76.8 3 27.4 -49.9 254 78 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13486 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.3 252 66 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.01 19 100 16130 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.7 241 55 429.5 429.5 308.8 429.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5323.26 m Freezing level: 844.04 mb = 1493.49 m = 4899.85 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.69 % Est. max temperature: 3.47 C = 38.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.60 mb = 1706.56 m = 5598.89 ft T: -1.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 3.57 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.34 mb = 2483.15 m = 8146.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.39 C = 36.29 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.04 C Cross Totals Index: 28.20 C K Index: 24.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.47 mb = 2346.95 m = 7699.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.47 mb = 3375.93 m = 11075.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 562.47 mb = 4588.16 m = 15052.83 ft B at Equ Level: 13.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 492.47 mb = 5539.88 m = 18175.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 65.09 m/s