MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 43.29,-123.9 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -123.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 980 300 10.5 8.9 90 1.6 9.6 234 11 285.2 286.5 283.6 305.5 7.29 2 950 562 8.0 5.6 85 2.4 6.8 238 25 285.3 286.3 282.2 302.1 6.00 3 900 1006 4.5 3.0 90 1.4 3.8 242 31 286.1 287.0 281.7 301.0 5.28 4 850 1469 1.5 -0.8 85 2.2 0.4 249 33 287.7 288.4 281.3 299.8 4.25 5 800 1955 -1.3 -5.9 71 4.5 -3.1 251 34 289.7 290.3 280.8 298.7 3.07 6 750 2466 -4.5 -10.2 65 5.7 -6.5 257 33 291.7 292.1 280.7 298.7 2.35 7 700 3006 -7.8 -10.7 80 2.9 -8.8 268 32 293.9 294.3 281.8 301.2 2.42 8 650 3580 -9.9 -14.8 67 4.9 -11.3 288 42 297.8 298.2 282.8 303.6 1.87 9 600 4194 -12.5 -21.6 47 9.0 -14.8 297 50 301.6 301.8 283.5 305.3 1.14 10 550 4854 -16.2 -30.3 29 14.0 -18.8 300 56 304.8 304.9 284.1 306.7 0.56 11 500 5563 -21.7 -36.4 25 14.6 -23.8 300 56 306.6 306.6 284.5 307.7 0.34 12 450 6329 -28.3 -41.3 28 13.0 -29.6 300 54 307.7 307.7 284.8 308.5 0.23 13 400 7165 -32.7 -41.4 42 8.7 -33.5 305 75 312.5 312.5 286.5 313.4 0.25 14 350 8091 -39.2 -50.0 31 10.7 -39.8 308 84 315.8 315.8 287.5 316.2 0.11 15 300 9134 -45.7 -56.4 29 10.7 -46.0 315 102 321.0 321.0 289.1 321.2 0.06 16 250 10330 -50.1 -64.7 16 14.6 -50.4 310 87 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.03 17 200 11795 -48.6 -76.7 2 28.2 -49.1 298 71 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 13673 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 295 70 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16273 -58.3 -84.4 2 26.1 -58.7 291 45 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5427.56 m Freezing level: 824.02 mb = 1721.46 m = 5647.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.99 mb = 1525.95 m = 5006.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.02 % Est. max temperature: 13.68 C = 56.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.67 mb = 504.24 m = 1654.32 ft T: 8.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 6.85 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.85 mb = 1025.24 m = 3363.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.41 C = 52.53 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: 5.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 7.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 19.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.87 mb = 970.68 m = 3184.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.87 mb = 1384.94 m = 4543.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 818.87 mb = 1768.00 m = 5800.45 ft B at Equ Level: 5.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 718.87 mb = 2797.77 m = 9178.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.8 at 41.8 knts Storm direction: 311.8 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 293.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 119.73 m/s