MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 45.52,-122.38 Latitude: 45.52 Longitude: -122.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 259 12.2 8.9 80 3.3 10.3 246 11 286.6 287.9 284.1 306.9 7.26 2 950 558 9.0 6.0 82 3.0 7.4 253 23 286.3 287.4 282.8 303.7 6.18 3 900 1003 5.3 3.8 90 1.5 4.6 256 30 287.0 288.0 282.5 302.8 5.59 4 850 1468 2.2 -0.4 83 2.6 1.0 260 35 288.5 289.2 281.7 301.0 4.36 5 800 1954 -1.1 -5.0 75 3.8 -2.7 261 38 289.9 290.5 281.1 299.6 3.30 6 750 2466 -4.6 -7.4 81 2.8 -5.6 264 40 291.6 292.1 281.4 300.3 2.92 7 700 3005 -8.0 -10.3 84 2.3 -8.8 271 40 293.6 294.1 281.8 301.1 2.50 8 650 3577 -11.6 -14.5 79 2.9 -12.5 276 43 295.8 296.2 282.1 301.7 1.91 9 600 4186 -15.3 -20.8 63 5.5 -16.6 281 49 298.4 298.7 282.3 302.3 1.21 10 550 4839 -18.9 -32.0 31 13.1 -21.0 289 63 301.7 301.8 282.7 303.3 0.48 11 500 5541 -24.0 -46.5 11 22.4 -26.1 292 75 303.7 303.8 283.1 304.2 0.12 12 450 6304 -25.7 -56.7 4 31.0 -27.9 297 91 310.9 310.9 285.7 311.1 0.04 13 400 7158 -26.6 -44.9 16 18.4 -28.5 306 117 320.5 320.5 289.1 321.1 0.17 14 350 8107 -34.2 -44.0 36 9.8 -35.1 306 123 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.4 0.22 15 300 9171 -40.1 -59.0 12 18.8 -40.9 313 124 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.04 16 250 10396 -46.9 -64.6 12 17.7 -47.4 309 120 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 17 200 11856 -52.4 -71.0 9 18.6 -52.8 301 114 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13708 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 293 63 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16286 -57.8 -85.0 2 27.2 -58.2 275 40 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5411.03 m Freezing level: 817.01 mb = 1788.83 m = 5868.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 836.24 mb = 1598.69 m = 5244.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.40 % Est. max temperature: 14.49 C = 58.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.56 mb = 675.42 m = 2215.93 ft T: 8.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 7.35 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.77 mb = 1068.65 m = 3506.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.80 C = 55.04 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: 2.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 23.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.93 mb = 1003.73 m = 3293.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.93 mb = 1420.64 m = 4660.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 624.93 mb = 3876.35 m = 12717.52 ft B at Equ Level: 50.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 524.93 mb = 5182.34 m = 17002.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 36.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 137.91 m/s