MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 58.28,-123.43 Latitude: 58.28 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 13 1 950 434 SFC 904 837 1.8 -2.9 71 4.7 -0.2 319 2 283.0 283.6 278.0 292.7 3.41 3 900 873 3.0 -3.3 63 6.3 0.4 354 2 284.6 285.2 278.7 294.2 3.34 4 850 1335 0.8 -5.4 63 6.1 -1.7 56 3 287.0 287.5 279.4 295.7 3.01 5 800 1818 -3.3 -6.8 77 3.5 -4.6 80 2 287.6 288.2 279.6 296.0 2.87 6 750 2325 -7.1 -9.5 83 2.5 -7.9 117 4 288.9 289.3 279.6 296.1 2.47 7 700 2860 -10.0 -12.0 86 1.9 -10.6 132 8 291.4 291.8 280.4 297.9 2.18 8 650 3428 -13.1 -13.4 98 0.3 -13.2 146 9 294.2 294.5 281.5 300.5 2.09 9 600 4035 -15.8 -15.9 99 0.1 -15.9 181 4 297.8 298.2 282.8 303.5 1.84 10 550 4687 -19.2 -19.2 100 0.0 -19.2 240 8 301.3 301.6 283.8 306.1 1.52 11 500 5389 -23.8 -24.3 96 0.4 -23.9 231 13 304.0 304.2 284.4 307.5 1.07 12 450 6149 -29.7 -31.3 85 1.7 -29.9 234 14 305.9 306.1 284.6 308.0 0.62 13 400 6977 -36.4 -37.1 92 0.8 -36.4 241 33 307.7 307.8 285.0 309.1 0.39 14 350 7888 -44.2 -44.5 97 0.3 -44.3 230 51 309.1 309.1 285.2 309.8 0.21 15 300 8902 -52.3 -52.3 100 0.0 -52.3 228 56 311.6 311.6 286.0 312.0 0.10 16 250 10076 -52.5 -66.8 16 14.3 -52.8 230 45 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.02 17 200 11532 -49.8 -76.5 3 26.7 -50.3 228 31 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13416 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 220 38 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.01 19 100 16066 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -53.0 214 27 426.8 426.8 308.5 426.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5376.29 m Freezing level: 840.35 mb = 1428.19 m = 4685.60 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.36 % Est. max temperature: 7.41 C = 45.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.92 mb = 1430.06 m = 4691.73 ft T: -0.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 904.0-1346878835939174223569747968.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.47 mb = 2268.06 m = 7441.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.38 C = 45.28 F Cap Strength: 7.20 C Lifted Index: 8.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: 8.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 17.36 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 18.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15486.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.35 mb = 2003.53 m = 6573.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 244.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 16.24 m/s