MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 49.76,-68.38 Latitude: 49.76 Longitude: -68.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 971 372 4.4 1.6 82 2.8 3.1 3 7 279.9 280.7 277.7 292.1 4.42 2 950 549 3.1 0.8 85 2.3 2.1 9 15 280.4 281.1 277.7 292.2 4.26 3 900 985 0.9 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 42 18 282.5 283.2 279.0 294.9 4.46 4 850 1444 -0.1 -0.8 95 0.7 -0.4 51 13 286.0 286.7 280.4 298.0 4.23 5 800 1927 -3.0 -3.2 99 0.2 -3.1 49 12 287.9 288.6 280.8 298.8 3.78 6 750 2436 -4.5 -5.7 92 1.1 -5.0 46 13 291.7 292.3 282.0 301.5 3.34 7 700 2977 -7.1 -9.0 86 2.0 -7.8 44 14 294.7 295.2 282.5 302.9 2.75 8 650 3552 -10.6 -12.4 86 1.8 -11.2 46 14 296.9 297.4 283.0 303.9 2.26 9 600 4163 -14.5 -17.0 81 2.5 -15.2 48 13 299.3 299.7 283.2 304.6 1.69 10 550 4817 -18.6 -21.3 80 2.6 -19.3 48 11 302.0 302.2 283.8 306.1 1.27 11 500 5521 -22.9 -25.6 78 2.7 -23.4 41 11 305.1 305.3 284.7 308.2 0.95 12 450 6286 -27.5 -30.9 73 3.4 -28.0 32 11 308.7 308.8 285.7 310.9 0.65 13 400 7123 -33.3 -35.1 84 1.8 -33.5 6 19 311.7 311.8 286.5 313.4 0.48 14 350 8048 -40.0 -46.8 48 6.8 -40.4 358 28 314.8 314.9 287.2 315.4 0.16 15 300 9083 -47.5 -52.5 57 5.0 -47.7 353 29 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.7 0.10 16 250 10278 -49.6 -62.5 21 12.9 -50.0 360 23 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.03 17 200 11737 -50.3 -74.4 4 24.1 -50.8 355 24 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13601 -52.9 -80.6 2 27.7 -53.4 351 25 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16193 -56.7 -84.3 2 27.6 -57.1 347 16 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5390.81 m Freezing level: 856.87 mb = 1380.68 m = 4529.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 867.82 mb = 1277.11 m = 4189.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.48 % Est. max temperature: 11.55 C = 52.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.39 mb = 725.57 m = 2380.46 ft T: 2.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 970.9- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.16 mb = 1508.11 m = 4947.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.69 C = 51.24 F Cap Strength: 8.71 C Lifted Index: 10.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.99 C Showalter Index: 7.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 19.94 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 37.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16265.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.11 mb = 974.71 m = 3197.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.6 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 72.6 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.4 neg: -2.4 tot: 51.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.50 Bulk Shear: 4.61 m/s