MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 45.66,-122.17 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -122.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 951 563 8.4 6.7 89 1.7 7.5 253 10 285.6 286.7 282.8 303.7 6.47 2 950 572 8.2 6.5 89 1.7 7.3 259 14 285.5 286.6 282.7 303.3 6.38 3 900 1016 4.8 4.1 95 0.7 4.5 262 26 286.5 287.5 282.4 302.6 5.70 4 850 1480 1.7 1.1 96 0.6 1.4 269 33 287.9 288.8 282.1 301.8 4.87 5 800 1966 -1.5 -2.3 95 0.7 -1.9 275 36 289.5 290.2 281.8 301.2 4.04 6 750 2477 -4.8 -5.4 96 0.6 -5.1 278 39 291.3 291.9 281.9 301.3 3.40 7 700 3016 -8.2 -9.0 94 0.8 -8.5 280 41 293.4 293.9 282.0 301.6 2.76 8 650 3587 -11.9 -13.5 88 1.5 -12.4 284 43 295.5 295.8 282.1 301.8 2.08 9 600 4195 -15.6 -19.1 75 3.4 -16.5 287 46 298.0 298.3 282.4 302.4 1.41 10 550 4848 -18.1 -36.4 18 18.3 -20.8 296 61 302.6 302.7 282.8 303.7 0.31 11 500 5557 -19.3 -47.0 7 27.7 -22.4 303 83 309.5 309.5 285.3 309.9 0.11 12 450 6340 -20.4 -35.9 24 15.5 -22.8 308 103 317.7 317.7 288.5 319.1 0.40 13 400 7204 -25.0 -41.4 20 16.3 -27.1 308 115 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.25 14 350 8162 -31.0 -46.5 20 15.5 -32.4 318 128 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 15 300 9235 -39.9 -50.7 31 10.7 -40.6 317 137 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.12 16 250 10453 -49.4 -56.8 42 7.4 -49.7 314 132 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.8 0.07 17 200 11895 -53.7 -68.1 15 14.5 -53.9 305 114 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13736 -56.4 -80.0 4 23.6 -56.7 301 74 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16300 -60.4 -84.8 3 24.4 -60.7 282 39 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5411.65 m Freezing level: 823.52 mb = 1737.14 m = 5699.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 828.27 mb = 1687.32 m = 5535.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.88 % Est. max temperature: 12.21 C = 53.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.60 mb = 776.73 m = 2548.31 ft T: 6.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.36 C/km ThetaE index: 2.44 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1183.22 m = 3881.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.77 C = 49.58 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: 7.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 8.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 21.31 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.17 mb = 1132.49 m = 3715.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.17 mb = 1459.03 m = 4786.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 652.17 mb = 3561.43 m = 11684.33 ft B at Equ Level: 29.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 572.17 mb = 4551.37 m = 14932.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 52.8 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 312.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 177.30 m/s