MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 18Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-124.22 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -124.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 989 211 9.9 8.1 89 1.7 8.9 222 19 283.9 285.1 282.6 303.0 6.88 2 950 546 7.3 6.1 92 1.3 6.7 230 34 284.6 285.7 282.1 301.9 6.20 3 900 989 4.3 3.5 95 0.8 3.9 237 40 285.9 286.9 281.9 301.3 5.46 4 850 1452 1.2 0.4 94 0.8 0.8 243 43 287.4 288.2 281.6 300.6 4.64 5 800 1937 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.4 250 42 288.7 289.4 281.3 300.0 3.92 6 750 2447 -5.3 -5.8 97 0.5 -5.5 257 42 290.8 291.4 281.5 300.5 3.31 7 700 2985 -8.5 -9.6 91 1.2 -8.9 264 43 293.1 293.6 281.7 301.0 2.63 8 650 3556 -12.0 -13.6 88 1.6 -12.5 267 42 295.4 295.8 282.0 301.6 2.05 9 600 4164 -16.1 -17.8 87 1.7 -16.5 272 40 297.5 297.8 282.4 302.5 1.58 10 550 4814 -19.5 -26.5 54 6.9 -20.9 294 41 300.9 301.0 282.8 303.5 0.80 11 500 5517 -23.4 -34.4 36 11.0 -24.9 310 54 304.5 304.6 283.8 305.9 0.41 12 450 6279 -29.4 -35.7 54 6.3 -30.1 316 65 306.3 306.4 284.5 307.7 0.40 13 400 7107 -36.5 -44.7 43 8.1 -37.1 316 66 307.5 307.6 284.6 308.2 0.18 14 350 8025 -38.9 -58.8 10 20.0 -39.6 310 87 316.3 316.4 287.6 316.5 0.04 15 300 9074 -42.9 -64.8 7 21.9 -43.5 309 87 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.02 16 250 10291 -46.8 -68.1 7 21.3 -47.3 299 72 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.5 0.02 17 200 11770 -45.7 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.5 292 69 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 18 150 13670 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.6 -50.7 298 67 383.8 383.8 302.8 383.8 0.00 19 100 16265 -58.8 -84.4 2 25.7 -59.1 292 47 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5396.23 m Freezing level: 832.66 mb = 1620.11 m = 5315.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 837.20 mb = 1573.30 m = 5161.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.00 % Est. max temperature: 13.65 C = 56.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.41 mb = 430.04 m = 1410.89 ft T: 8.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 2.93 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.87 mb = 863.75 m = 2833.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.52 C = 52.73 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 5.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 23.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.63 mb = 794.43 m = 2606.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.63 mb = 1202.04 m = 3943.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 686.63 mb = 3133.60 m = 10280.71 ft B at Equ Level: 37.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 566.63 mb = 4591.57 m = 15064.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 363.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 363.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 122.81 m/s