MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 53.15,-119.02 Latitude: 53.15 Longitude: -119.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -37 1 950 388 2 900 831 3 850 1294 4 800 1780 SFC 787 1906 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 198 6 289.7 290.3 281.8 301.0 3.92 6 750 2292 -3.0 -3.4 97 0.4 -3.2 206 10 293.3 294.0 283.4 305.0 3.96 7 700 2838 -4.9 -5.9 93 1.0 -5.3 223 26 297.1 297.7 284.4 307.6 3.52 8 650 3416 -8.9 -10.0 92 1.0 -9.3 227 43 298.8 299.4 284.3 307.3 2.76 9 600 4031 -13.4 -15.8 82 2.4 -14.1 238 49 300.6 301.0 284.0 306.4 1.85 10 550 4686 -18.8 -21.2 81 2.4 -19.3 239 56 301.8 302.0 283.8 305.9 1.28 11 500 5388 -24.5 -26.0 88 1.4 -24.8 232 64 303.1 303.3 283.8 306.2 0.92 12 450 6146 -30.2 -31.9 85 1.7 -30.4 226 61 305.3 305.4 284.2 307.2 0.58 13 400 6976 -33.2 -53.6 11 20.4 -34.4 225 76 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.1 0.06 14 350 7909 -36.4 -59.0 8 22.6 -37.5 228 101 319.6 319.6 288.6 319.8 0.04 15 300 8964 -42.9 -55.1 25 12.2 -43.4 224 122 324.9 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.07 16 250 10171 -51.0 -55.4 59 4.4 -51.1 225 128 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 17 200 11603 -54.0 -70.5 11 16.5 -54.2 232 90 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 18 150 13457 -54.9 -79.9 3 25.0 -55.2 214 70 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16051 -58.4 -85.0 2 26.5 -58.7 212 46 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5424.87 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.69 % Est. max temperature: 6.36 C = 43.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.02 mb = 1940.33 m = 6365.84 ft T: -2.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 698.24 mb = 2857.46 m = 9374.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.34 C = 39.80 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10627.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.43 mb = 2523.02 m = 8277.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 55.0 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 41.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 325.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 325.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 290.25 m/s