MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 48.19,-105.97 Latitude: 48.19 Longitude: -105.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 516 SFC 924 739 3.8 0.2 78 3.5 2.2 310 25 283.2 284.0 279.1 295.1 4.21 3 900 955 1.4 -0.5 88 1.8 0.5 313 39 282.9 283.6 278.8 294.4 4.10 4 850 1412 -2.5 -2.5 100 0.0 -2.4 318 46 283.6 284.2 278.7 294.2 3.75 5 800 1890 -5.5 -5.9 97 0.4 -5.7 330 51 285.3 285.8 278.7 294.1 3.08 6 750 2397 -6.4 -10.0 76 3.6 -7.6 327 54 289.6 290.1 279.8 296.7 2.39 7 700 2933 -9.6 -13.3 74 3.7 -10.8 325 54 291.8 292.2 280.3 297.7 1.95 8 650 3501 -13.1 -17.4 70 4.3 -14.3 324 52 294.1 294.4 280.8 298.7 1.50 9 600 4106 -17.1 -19.1 84 2.0 -17.6 317 49 296.3 296.6 281.6 300.7 1.40 10 550 4753 -21.5 -21.6 99 0.1 -21.5 315 54 298.6 298.8 282.4 302.5 1.24 11 500 5449 -26.2 -26.2 100 0.0 -26.2 315 57 301.1 301.3 283.0 304.1 0.90 12 450 6203 -31.4 -32.2 93 0.7 -31.6 319 58 303.7 303.8 283.7 305.6 0.57 13 400 7026 -37.5 -38.1 94 0.6 -37.6 317 52 306.2 306.3 284.4 307.4 0.36 14 350 7933 -44.5 -45.6 89 1.0 -44.6 319 51 308.7 308.7 285.1 309.4 0.19 15 300 8954 -47.5 -61.0 20 13.6 -47.8 315 51 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.6 0.03 16 250 10160 -47.1 -69.9 6 22.8 -47.6 312 54 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.01 17 200 11639 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 308 48 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 13530 -50.6 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 296 43 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16179 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.9 286 22 426.9 426.9 308.5 426.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5353.95 m Freezing level: 882.10 mb = 1118.46 m = 3669.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 890.85 mb = 1036.60 m = 3400.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.72 % Est. max temperature: 7.92 C = 46.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.98 mb = 1180.27 m = 3872.24 ft T: -0.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 0.94 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.23 mb = 1344.19 m = 4410.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.01 C = 39.22 F Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lifted Index: 6.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: 6.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 17.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.97 mb = 1337.21 m = 4387.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.97 mb = 1383.95 m = 4540.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 802.97 mb = 1861.02 m = 6105.62 ft B at Equ Level: 5.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 772.97 mb = 2159.96 m = 7086.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.9 at 51.9 knts Storm direction: 349.9 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.0 neg: -42.0 tot: 161.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 32.66 m/s