MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 6Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 47.54,-121.95 Latitude: 47.54 Longitude: -121.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 976 299 10.6 8.0 84 2.6 9.2 196 15 285.7 286.9 283.4 304.9 6.89 2 950 524 9.8 6.9 82 2.9 8.2 202 39 287.1 288.2 283.6 305.5 6.55 3 900 971 6.2 5.1 93 1.1 5.6 204 49 287.9 288.9 283.5 305.2 6.12 4 850 1437 2.8 2.6 99 0.2 2.7 210 57 289.1 290.1 283.2 304.7 5.45 5 800 1926 -0.1 -0.3 98 0.2 -0.2 219 60 291.1 291.9 283.2 304.6 4.68 6 750 2441 -1.3 -11.9 44 10.6 -5.0 227 63 295.2 295.5 281.9 301.4 2.05 7 700 2987 -4.8 -19.8 30 14.9 -9.0 231 65 297.1 297.3 281.6 300.7 1.14 8 650 3566 -6.6 -33.3 10 26.7 -11.9 231 74 301.5 301.5 282.5 302.7 0.36 9 600 4190 -7.5 -42.4 4 34.9 -13.2 240 77 307.4 307.5 284.5 308.0 0.15 10 550 4864 -10.1 -41.9 5 31.8 -15.2 244 85 312.1 312.2 286.3 312.8 0.18 11 500 5591 -15.3 -31.2 24 15.9 -18.4 244 87 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.4 0.57 12 450 6378 -21.2 -28.4 52 7.2 -22.7 250 84 316.6 316.8 288.5 319.4 0.82 13 400 7236 -27.1 -30.5 73 3.4 -27.6 254 91 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.5 0.76 14 350 8185 -33.2 -36.4 73 3.1 -33.6 253 107 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.7 0.49 15 300 9249 -42.1 -44.5 78 2.4 -42.2 257 111 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.24 16 250 10454 -52.3 -55.0 72 2.8 -52.4 253 120 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.09 17 200 11861 -61.7 -63.9 75 2.2 -61.8 246 119 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.04 18 150 13643 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.6 -59.6 251 108 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16215 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 227 57 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5495.26 m Freezing level: 801.40 mb = 1911.92 m = 6272.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 803.66 mb = 1888.76 m = 6196.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.08 % Est. max temperature: 14.88 C = 58.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.39 mb = 625.89 m = 2053.41 ft T: 8.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.79 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1079.60 m = 3541.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.02 C = 55.43 F Cap Strength: 9.71 C Lifted Index: 10.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: 10.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.11 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 5.85 Risk: None Sweat Index: 327.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 2.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.46 mb = 984.86 m = 3231.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.46 mb = 1403.96 m = 4606.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 793.46 mb = 1991.06 m = 6532.27 ft B at Equ Level: 10.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 753.46 mb = 2403.92 m = 7886.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 68.8 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 51.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 785.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 785.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 261.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 238.03 m/s