MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 48.43,-123.14 Latitude: 48.43 Longitude: -123.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 998 118 8.1 6.8 91 1.3 7.4 135 13 281.5 282.5 280.7 298.5 6.21 2 950 520 4.8 4.1 96 0.6 4.5 139 23 282.0 283.0 280.0 297.0 5.42 3 900 959 2.0 1.3 95 0.7 1.7 146 23 283.6 284.4 279.8 296.7 4.67 4 850 1421 3.3 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 181 11 289.6 290.6 283.5 305.4 5.54 5 800 1914 3.3 3.1 99 0.2 3.2 231 22 294.6 295.7 286.1 312.1 5.99 6 750 2437 2.2 2.1 100 0.1 2.1 246 39 298.9 300.0 287.6 316.6 5.96 7 700 2992 -0.5 -0.6 99 0.1 -0.6 247 50 301.9 302.9 288.0 317.7 5.23 8 650 3582 -3.3 -3.5 98 0.2 -3.4 243 56 305.3 306.1 288.5 319.2 4.54 9 600 4213 -6.4 -6.9 96 0.5 -6.6 240 57 308.7 309.4 288.9 320.6 3.80 10 550 4889 -9.9 -10.5 96 0.5 -10.1 244 57 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.4 3.14 11 500 5619 -13.9 -14.2 97 0.3 -14.0 244 59 316.1 316.6 290.1 324.4 2.54 12 450 6411 -19.2 -19.2 100 0.0 -19.2 243 69 319.1 319.5 290.4 325.3 1.85 13 400 7275 -25.8 -25.9 100 0.0 -25.8 246 72 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.4 1.16 14 350 8228 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.2 246 72 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.67 15 300 9293 -41.2 -41.4 98 0.2 -41.2 255 87 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.34 16 250 10506 -51.0 -51.1 100 0.0 -51.0 252 101 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 17 200 11928 -57.9 -63.6 48 5.6 -58.0 258 102 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 13739 -58.5 -78.2 6 19.7 -58.7 259 68 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16276 -62.5 -84.7 4 22.2 -62.7 255 46 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.58 m Freezing level: 709.60 mb = 2885.70 m = 9467.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.50 mb = 2872.45 m = 9423.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.11 % Est. max temperature: 16.49 C = 61.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.77 mb = 283.74 m = 930.88 ft T: 6.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 1.85 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.84 mb = 676.90 m = 2220.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.25 C = 48.66 F Cap Strength: 15.10 C Lifted Index: 16.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.48 C Showalter Index: 11.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.21 C Cross Totals Index: 16.79 C K Index: 19.99 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15190.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.33 mb = 646.51 m = 2121.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.4 neg: -34.3 tot: 271.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 316.22 m/s