MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 45.11,-83.57 Latitude: 45.11 Longitude: -83.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 990 207 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.8 168 10 284.0 285.2 282.3 302.4 6.63 2 950 550 10.0 2.9 61 7.1 6.5 203 24 287.4 288.2 282.0 301.5 4.96 3 900 1001 11.5 4.2 61 7.3 7.6 239 27 293.4 294.4 285.4 310.1 5.75 4 850 1479 10.7 9.0 90 1.6 9.7 263 27 297.3 298.9 289.4 322.1 8.52 5 800 1983 8.6 8.5 99 0.1 8.5 275 29 300.3 301.9 290.6 326.1 8.74 6 750 2516 6.5 6.4 99 0.1 6.4 278 31 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.7 8.06 7 700 3081 4.0 3.3 95 0.7 3.6 281 31 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.1 6.96 8 650 3681 1.1 0.5 96 0.6 0.8 286 35 310.2 311.4 291.5 329.2 6.12 9 600 4322 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.3 -2.5 289 38 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.9 5.23 10 550 5008 -7.0 -8.6 88 1.7 -7.7 284 37 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.5 3.63 11 500 5746 -10.8 -18.3 54 7.5 -13.2 285 41 319.9 320.2 290.6 326.0 1.80 12 450 6549 -15.9 -21.4 63 5.5 -17.4 290 49 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.54 13 400 7426 -22.0 -22.3 97 0.4 -22.1 298 44 326.4 326.7 292.2 332.0 1.59 14 350 8393 -29.6 -30.0 96 0.4 -29.6 298 39 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.2 0.91 15 300 9473 -38.6 -39.3 93 0.7 -38.7 290 44 331.0 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.42 16 250 10699 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 284 50 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12135 -57.6 -59.9 75 2.3 -57.6 295 56 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.06 18 150 13924 -63.7 -76.4 16 12.7 -63.8 299 60 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16387 -63.9 -83.9 5 20.0 -64.1 311 29 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.37 m Freezing level: 634.04 mb = 3885.96 m = 12749.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3829.44 m = 12563.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.51 % Est. max temperature: 23.89 C = 75.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.30 mb = 512.21 m = 1680.44 ft T: 10.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 0.95 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.74 mb = 4180.23 m = 13714.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.65 C = 101.56 F Cap Strength: 13.07 C Lifted Index: 14.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.72 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13314.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.58 mb = 1433.93 m = 4704.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 345.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 153.78 m/s