MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 58.69,-123.43 Latitude: 58.69 Longitude: -123.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 457 SFC 922 704 3.2 -3.1 63 6.3 0.6 239 4 282.9 283.4 277.7 292.2 3.30 3 900 897 4.7 -4.4 52 9.1 1.0 265 11 286.4 286.9 279.2 295.2 3.07 4 850 1363 3.0 -6.8 49 9.7 -0.9 284 20 289.3 289.7 280.1 297.2 2.70 5 800 1850 -1.2 -8.3 58 7.1 -3.8 287 26 289.9 290.3 280.2 297.4 2.55 6 750 2360 -5.6 -10.0 71 4.4 -7.1 294 28 290.5 290.9 280.3 297.6 2.39 7 700 2896 -10.0 -11.9 86 1.9 -10.6 299 27 291.4 291.8 280.4 298.0 2.20 8 650 3464 -13.8 -15.7 85 1.9 -14.3 300 23 293.4 293.7 280.7 298.7 1.73 9 600 4067 -18.2 -20.0 85 1.9 -18.6 299 22 295.1 295.3 281.0 299.1 1.30 10 550 4710 -23.4 -24.3 92 0.9 -23.6 294 21 296.3 296.5 281.1 299.4 0.97 11 500 5399 -28.9 -31.4 79 2.5 -29.2 286 22 297.8 297.9 281.1 299.6 0.55 12 450 6143 -34.8 -40.8 54 6.0 -35.3 272 26 299.5 299.5 281.5 300.3 0.24 13 400 6955 -40.6 -46.6 53 6.0 -40.9 285 30 302.2 302.3 282.5 302.8 0.15 14 350 7855 -45.1 -51.1 51 6.0 -45.3 290 44 307.9 307.9 284.7 308.3 0.10 15 300 8875 -48.2 -59.1 27 10.9 -48.4 292 53 317.5 317.5 288.0 317.7 0.04 16 250 10077 -47.8 -68.5 7 20.8 -48.3 290 53 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.1 0.02 17 200 11548 -47.9 -76.9 2 29.0 -48.5 285 47 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 13444 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 279 34 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 19 100 16091 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.8 254 19 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5363.36 m Freezing level: 814.47 mb = 1708.78 m = 5606.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.65 mb = 1139.30 m = 3737.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.44 % Est. max temperature: 10.38 C = 50.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.17 mb = 1494.45 m = 4902.99 ft T: 1.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 921.7- -71.7 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.29 mb = 2663.49 m = 8738.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.15 C = 52.08 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 2.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 23.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13979.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.42 mb = 2282.07 m = 7487.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.0 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 319.0 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.7 neg: -4.9 tot: 94.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 21.86 m/s