MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 54.62,-109.07 Latitude: 54.62 Longitude: -109.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 469 SFC 935 597 3.0 -3.8 61 6.9 0.3 296 8 281.5 282.1 276.7 290.2 3.07 3 900 906 1.9 -4.6 62 6.4 -0.7 306 24 283.4 284.0 277.7 292.1 3.02 4 850 1366 0.1 -4.8 70 4.9 -1.9 324 30 286.2 286.8 279.2 295.2 3.14 5 800 1849 -3.1 -7.2 73 4.1 -4.6 326 31 287.8 288.3 279.5 295.9 2.78 6 750 2357 -6.2 -10.7 71 4.4 -7.7 329 31 289.8 290.2 279.8 296.5 2.26 7 700 2893 -10.1 -13.5 76 3.4 -11.1 329 31 291.3 291.6 280.0 297.1 1.92 8 650 3460 -14.2 -17.1 79 2.8 -15.0 328 30 292.9 293.1 280.3 297.6 1.54 9 600 4062 -18.2 -23.6 63 5.4 -19.3 325 29 295.0 295.2 280.4 298.0 0.95 10 550 4705 -23.5 -28.5 63 5.0 -24.2 328 30 296.3 296.4 280.6 298.4 0.66 11 500 5394 -29.3 -32.8 72 3.5 -29.7 336 31 297.3 297.4 280.8 298.9 0.48 12 450 6136 -35.8 -36.2 96 0.4 -35.8 337 33 298.3 298.4 281.1 299.6 0.39 13 400 6944 -41.0 -46.4 56 5.3 -41.3 334 30 301.7 301.7 282.3 302.2 0.15 14 350 7846 -43.6 -57.2 21 13.6 -44.0 329 29 310.0 310.0 285.4 310.2 0.05 15 300 8878 -45.1 -63.1 11 18.0 -45.6 328 24 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.03 16 250 10098 -43.3 -72.3 3 29.0 -44.1 310 19 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.01 17 200 11597 -43.6 -74.9 2 31.3 -44.5 293 20 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 18 150 13514 -48.1 -78.2 2 30.1 -48.9 267 17 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.01 19 100 16151 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 250 16 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5344.23 m Freezing level: 849.01 mb = 1375.94 m = 4514.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 925.59 mb = 679.49 m = 2229.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.46 % Est. max temperature: 9.79 C = 49.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.46 mb = 1456.28 m = 4777.75 ft T: -0.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 935.1- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2458.96 m = 8067.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.46 C = 52.62 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 21.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16008.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.23 mb = 1787.42 m = 5864.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.5 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 358.5 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.4 neg: -8.9 tot: 135.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 24.40 m/s