MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 48.13,-106.58 Latitude: 48.13 Longitude: -106.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 537 SFC 929 721 12.7 -6.8 25 19.6 4.5 300 18 291.9 292.4 281.0 299.3 2.46 3 900 988 9.6 -10.0 24 19.6 2.0 301 25 291.4 291.7 280.1 297.3 1.98 4 850 1458 5.0 -10.9 31 15.9 -0.9 301 27 291.4 291.7 280.1 297.2 1.96 5 800 1948 0.2 -11.7 40 11.9 -3.9 302 27 291.4 291.8 280.1 297.3 1.95 6 750 2460 -4.7 -12.4 55 7.7 -7.2 303 28 291.5 291.8 280.1 297.4 1.96 7 700 2998 -9.7 -13.5 74 3.8 -10.8 306 30 291.8 292.1 280.3 297.6 1.93 8 650 3567 -12.6 -22.7 43 10.0 -14.9 309 34 294.7 294.8 280.3 297.7 0.95 9 600 4172 -17.0 -31.0 29 14.0 -19.3 303 35 296.4 296.5 280.5 298.0 0.48 10 550 4818 -21.9 -35.1 29 13.2 -23.7 307 39 298.1 298.2 281.0 299.3 0.35 11 500 5515 -23.9 -45.2 12 21.4 -25.9 322 60 303.9 303.9 283.1 304.4 0.13 12 450 6285 -24.5 -42.4 17 17.9 -26.5 322 91 312.5 312.5 286.5 313.2 0.20 13 400 7134 -29.5 -41.1 32 11.6 -30.7 329 104 316.7 316.7 287.9 317.6 0.26 14 350 8075 -36.2 -44.6 42 8.3 -36.9 333 109 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.6 0.21 15 300 9125 -44.1 -50.2 51 6.1 -44.4 332 122 323.2 323.3 289.9 323.7 0.13 16 250 10325 -52.3 -57.4 54 5.0 -52.5 334 100 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.07 17 200 11773 -48.0 -74.3 3 26.3 -48.6 315 86 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 13653 -52.9 -80.7 2 27.8 -53.3 310 50 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16252 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 296 28 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5410.88 m Freezing level: 797.53 mb = 1973.26 m = 6473.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 864.96 mb = 1314.74 m = 4313.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.15 % Est. max temperature: 12.26 C = 54.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.67 mb = 3112.04 m = 10209.96 ft T: -10.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 2.02 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.30 mb = 3763.61 m = 12347.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.98 C = 60.77 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 6.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 7.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 13.01 C K Index: 14.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 113.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13817.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 668.64 mb = 3349.74 m = 10989.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.2 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 343.2 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 93.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 60.33 m/s