MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 53.5,-112.24 Latitude: 53.50 Longitude: -112.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 511 SFC 932 663 4.3 -1.9 64 6.2 1.6 260 7 283.0 283.6 278.2 293.1 3.55 3 900 954 7.3 -3.2 47 10.5 2.7 289 15 289.1 289.7 280.8 298.8 3.35 4 850 1421 3.9 -4.4 55 8.3 0.4 299 16 290.2 290.8 281.2 299.6 3.24 5 800 1910 -0.5 -5.8 67 5.3 -2.6 291 18 290.6 291.1 281.2 299.7 3.09 6 750 2421 -5.3 -7.3 86 1.9 -6.0 288 20 290.8 291.3 281.1 299.5 2.95 7 700 2958 -9.6 -10.9 90 1.3 -10.0 289 24 291.9 292.3 280.9 299.0 2.38 8 650 3527 -13.0 -16.6 74 3.7 -14.0 299 30 294.3 294.6 281.0 299.2 1.60 9 600 4132 -17.6 -20.4 79 2.7 -18.3 307 29 295.7 296.0 281.2 299.7 1.26 10 550 4776 -22.9 -26.9 70 4.0 -23.5 287 24 296.9 297.1 281.1 299.4 0.77 11 500 5467 -28.1 -33.3 61 5.2 -28.7 292 27 298.7 298.8 281.4 300.3 0.46 12 450 6214 -34.0 -40.7 51 6.7 -34.6 306 25 300.5 300.5 281.9 301.3 0.24 13 400 7027 -40.7 -44.6 66 3.9 -40.9 296 25 302.1 302.1 282.5 302.7 0.18 14 350 7922 -46.8 -51.1 62 4.3 -47.0 277 31 305.6 305.6 283.8 305.9 0.10 15 300 8933 -50.6 -58.6 38 8.0 -50.8 281 35 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.2 0.05 16 250 10113 -52.2 -65.7 18 13.5 -52.5 274 44 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.5 0.02 17 200 11570 -49.3 -76.5 3 27.2 -49.8 265 43 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13452 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 267 45 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16090 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.7 265 28 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5378.56 m Freezing level: 805.91 mb = 1852.03 m = 6076.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 843.79 mb = 1480.23 m = 4856.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.40 % Est. max temperature: 11.77 C = 53.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.16 mb = 1448.08 m = 4750.87 ft T: 3.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 0.67 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.46 mb = 2489.34 m = 8167.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.04 C = 53.67 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: 2.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12282.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.99 mb = 2223.01 m = 7293.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.7 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 325.7 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.50 Bulk Shear: 17.18 m/s