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: 46.81,-122.43 Latitude: 46.81 Longitude: -122.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 977 300 10.8 8.6 86 2.3 9.6 230 11 285.9 287.1 283.8 305.9 7.18 2 950 531 8.3 6.2 87 2.1 7.2 236 25 285.6 286.7 282.6 303.0 6.24 3 900 975 4.6 3.9 95 0.7 4.2 242 31 286.3 287.2 282.2 302.1 5.62 4 850 1439 1.6 0.4 92 1.2 1.1 253 35 287.9 288.7 281.8 301.1 4.65 5 800 1925 -1.5 -2.8 91 1.2 -2.0 259 37 289.5 290.2 281.7 300.8 3.90 6 750 2436 -4.8 -6.2 90 1.4 -5.4 264 39 291.3 291.9 281.7 300.8 3.21 7 700 2975 -8.4 -10.3 86 1.9 -9.1 270 41 293.1 293.6 281.5 300.6 2.48 8 650 3545 -12.6 -14.7 85 2.0 -13.2 275 43 294.7 295.0 281.5 300.4 1.89 9 600 4151 -16.6 -19.1 82 2.4 -17.3 281 45 296.9 297.1 281.8 301.3 1.41 10 550 4799 -20.9 -23.5 79 2.7 -21.4 287 48 299.3 299.5 282.5 302.7 1.04 11 500 5497 -25.9 -27.5 87 1.5 -26.2 287 50 301.4 301.6 283.0 304.0 0.80 12 450 6251 -30.7 -37.9 49 7.2 -31.4 292 59 304.6 304.7 283.7 305.7 0.32 13 400 7082 -33.3 -56.0 8 22.7 -34.5 304 79 311.7 311.7 286.0 311.9 0.05 14 350 8014 -36.1 -58.7 8 22.6 -37.2 310 102 320.0 320.1 288.8 320.2 0.04 15 300 9074 -40.6 -59.7 11 19.1 -41.4 313 120 328.1 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.04 16 250 10300 -46.0 -66.3 8 20.3 -46.5 311 119 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.02 17 200 11769 -50.2 -74.6 4 24.4 -50.7 304 101 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 18 150 13641 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.8 296 61 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16251 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 275 37 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5392.18 m Freezing level: 824.17 mb = 1689.95 m = 5544.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 832.70 mb = 1603.69 m = 5261.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.66 % Est. max temperature: 13.54 C = 56.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.99 mb = 583.49 m = 1914.31 ft T: 7.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 5.46 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.32 mb = 945.08 m = 3100.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.15 C = 52.07 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 2.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 26.39 C K Index: 26.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.69 mb = 923.58 m = 3030.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.69 mb = 1059.66 m = 3476.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 570.69 mb = 4524.29 m = 14843.28 ft B at Equ Level: 69.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 450.69 mb = 6239.98 m = 20472.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.1 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 304.1 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 312.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 99.94 m/s