MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 54.43,-123.59 Latitude: 54.43 Longitude: -123.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 1 950 443 SFC 905 829 -1.7 -5.5 76 3.7 -3.1 251 6 279.3 279.7 275.2 287.2 2.81 3 900 875 -2.6 -6.8 73 4.2 -4.1 252 8 278.8 279.3 274.6 286.0 2.55 4 850 1326 -4.7 -10.8 62 6.2 -6.6 269 19 281.3 281.6 275.0 286.9 1.97 5 800 1800 -6.9 -17.5 42 10.6 -9.6 283 25 283.8 284.1 275.3 287.5 1.21 6 750 2300 -10.5 -22.0 38 11.5 -13.0 288 23 285.2 285.3 275.5 287.8 0.87 7 700 2827 -14.5 -27.9 31 13.4 -16.9 280 21 286.4 286.5 275.7 288.1 0.55 8 650 3384 -18.7 -32.6 28 13.9 -20.6 268 21 287.9 287.9 276.2 289.1 0.38 9 600 3975 -22.6 -33.4 37 10.8 -23.9 274 25 290.0 290.1 277.3 291.2 0.38 10 550 4606 -28.4 -29.7 88 1.3 -28.5 278 25 290.4 290.5 277.8 292.3 0.59 11 500 5281 -34.2 -34.5 97 0.3 -34.2 274 24 291.4 291.4 278.0 292.7 0.41 12 450 6011 -38.5 -49.5 30 11.0 -39.0 276 30 294.9 294.9 279.2 295.2 0.09 13 400 6816 -40.8 -56.9 16 16.2 -41.3 279 30 302.0 302.0 282.3 302.2 0.04 14 350 7719 -43.9 -61.4 13 17.5 -44.4 273 32 309.5 309.5 285.2 309.6 0.03 15 300 8740 -49.5 -64.1 17 14.6 -49.8 265 28 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.7 0.02 16 250 9927 -50.1 -67.3 11 17.2 -50.4 254 25 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.02 17 200 11396 -47.8 -77.4 2 29.6 -48.4 247 29 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 13301 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.6 251 35 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.01 19 100 15968 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.7 247 41 431.5 431.5 309.0 431.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5251.35 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.08 % Est. max temperature: 3.86 C = 38.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.53 mb = 1292.84 m = 4241.54 ft T: -4.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 1.11 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.48 mb = 2596.24 m = 8517.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.69 C = 40.45 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: 4.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Showalter Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 5.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17417.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.10 mb = 2055.44 m = 6743.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.8 neg: -14.4 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 17.47 m/s