MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 46.1,-122.34 Latitude: 46.10 Longitude: -122.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 962 505 3.8 3.0 95 0.8 3.4 52 3 280.0 280.9 278.4 293.6 4.93 2 950 604 6.0 3.2 82 2.9 4.6 43 2 283.3 284.2 280.2 297.5 5.06 3 900 1046 4.7 0.9 76 3.8 2.9 22 3 286.3 287.1 281.0 299.2 4.53 4 850 1511 4.1 -8.9 38 13.0 -0.9 5 5 290.4 290.8 280.1 297.2 2.29 5 800 2003 4.0 -29.2 7 33.2 -4.1 329 7 295.4 295.5 279.9 296.9 0.43 6 750 2527 3.4 -36.2 4 39.6 -5.2 308 15 300.3 300.3 281.8 301.1 0.23 7 700 3083 0.5 -15.0 30 15.5 -4.9 303 20 303.0 303.4 284.7 308.5 1.71 8 650 3674 -2.0 -11.6 48 9.6 -5.7 312 26 306.7 307.2 286.9 314.4 2.41 9 600 4308 -4.1 -21.3 25 17.1 -9.3 309 33 311.3 311.6 287.2 315.2 1.17 10 550 4990 -6.9 -27.0 18 20.2 -12.1 303 35 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.6 0.76 11 500 5726 -12.0 -28.1 25 16.2 -15.8 301 40 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.1 0.75 12 450 6522 -18.4 -19.8 89 1.4 -18.8 292 47 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.76 13 400 7390 -24.6 -25.6 91 1.0 -24.8 296 58 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.2 1.19 14 350 8349 -31.2 -38.0 51 6.8 -32.0 299 60 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.41 15 300 9421 -40.2 -47.1 48 6.9 -40.6 297 61 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.18 16 250 10640 -49.1 -52.1 70 3.0 -49.2 300 83 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12075 -55.7 -62.8 40 7.1 -55.8 303 81 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 13884 -60.8 -77.3 10 16.5 -60.9 292 63 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16379 -66.4 -84.4 6 18.0 -66.5 286 44 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5542.69 m Freezing level: 689.94 mb = 3201.68 m = 10504.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 861.37 mb = 1403.01 m = 4602.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.43 % Est. max temperature: 17.82 C = 64.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.05 mb = 603.68 m = 1980.57 ft T: 6.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.36 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 567.58 mb = 4743.18 m = 15561.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.60 C = 99.69 F Cap Strength: 17.62 C Lifted Index: 18.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.09 C Showalter Index: 18.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.02 C Cross Totals Index: 3.04 C K Index: -8.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 48.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14709.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.35 mb = 1517.25 m = 4977.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.4 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 335.4 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -3.9 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 73.26 m/s