MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 45.45,-109.26 Latitude: 45.45 Longitude: -109.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 536 2 900 995 SFC 860 1379 16.1 -1.3 30 17.4 7.3 295 5 302.0 302.8 286.8 314.3 4.04 4 850 1480 14.8 -2.4 30 17.2 6.3 288 6 301.6 302.3 286.4 313.1 3.76 5 800 1988 10.3 -4.0 36 14.3 3.5 275 9 302.1 302.7 286.4 313.0 3.55 6 750 2520 6.0 -6.2 41 12.3 0.6 263 12 303.1 303.7 286.4 313.0 3.20 7 700 3080 1.4 -8.9 46 10.3 -2.8 253 15 304.0 304.6 286.3 312.7 2.78 8 650 3671 -3.7 -10.5 59 6.8 -6.3 247 19 304.7 305.2 286.4 313.0 2.64 9 600 4297 -9.1 -11.5 82 2.4 -9.9 247 24 305.6 306.1 286.7 313.9 2.64 10 550 4964 -13.6 -14.0 97 0.4 -13.7 259 29 307.9 308.4 287.2 315.4 2.35 11 500 5683 -17.6 -17.7 99 0.1 -17.7 266 32 311.5 311.9 288.0 317.7 1.90 12 450 6466 -21.9 -21.9 100 0.0 -21.9 266 36 315.7 316.0 288.9 320.7 1.47 13 400 7322 -28.0 -28.0 100 -0.0 -27.9 265 44 318.7 318.8 289.3 322.0 0.96 14 350 8265 -36.3 -36.3 99 0.1 -36.2 265 46 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.6 0.49 15 300 9314 -45.1 -46.7 84 1.6 -45.2 260 41 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.5 0.19 16 250 10505 -54.4 -57.5 68 3.1 -54.5 262 47 325.1 325.2 290.4 325.4 0.06 17 200 11907 -61.8 -65.4 63 3.5 -61.9 277 49 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.03 18 150 13704 -57.1 -79.7 4 22.6 -57.4 264 42 371.7 371.7 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16240 -62.6 -83.9 4 21.3 -62.8 267 38 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.65 m Freezing level: 686.36 mb = 3241.63 m = 10635.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.09 mb = 2617.33 m = 8586.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.79 % Est. max temperature: 17.89 C = 64.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.06 mb = 3536.82 m = 11603.58 ft T: -2.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 1.36 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.82 mb = 4093.64 m = 13430.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.31 C = 66.76 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: 2.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: 2.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.40 C Cross Totals Index: 15.22 C K Index: 19.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 44.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8381.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.82 mb = 3745.99 m = 12289.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 44.41 m/s