MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 54.42,-105.31 Latitude: 54.42 Longitude: -105.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 952 509 4.8 -1.4 64 6.2 2.1 203 9 281.9 282.5 277.7 292.0 3.61 2 950 530 4.2 -1.8 65 6.1 1.7 205 12 281.5 282.1 277.3 291.4 3.52 3 900 966 0.4 -3.1 78 3.5 -1.0 219 20 281.9 282.5 277.4 291.4 3.38 4 850 1426 0.9 -5.5 62 6.5 -1.6 245 25 287.1 287.7 279.4 295.8 2.98 5 800 1912 -1.4 -7.4 64 6.0 -3.7 259 23 289.6 290.1 280.3 297.6 2.73 6 750 2422 -5.8 -8.7 80 2.9 -6.8 267 25 290.3 290.8 280.5 298.1 2.64 7 700 2958 -9.3 -9.8 96 0.5 -9.5 275 26 292.2 292.6 281.3 299.9 2.59 8 650 3528 -12.6 -13.7 91 1.1 -12.9 284 26 294.7 295.1 281.7 300.9 2.04 9 600 4134 -16.9 -17.7 93 0.8 -17.1 287 27 296.6 296.9 282.0 301.5 1.58 10 550 4781 -21.5 -21.6 99 0.1 -21.5 284 28 298.6 298.8 282.4 302.5 1.24 11 500 5476 -27.0 -27.0 100 -0.0 -27.0 275 27 300.2 300.3 282.5 302.9 0.84 12 450 6226 -33.0 -33.0 99 0.1 -33.0 255 23 301.8 301.9 282.8 303.5 0.53 13 400 7044 -39.3 -39.5 98 0.2 -39.3 230 26 303.9 304.0 283.4 305.0 0.31 14 350 7945 -45.0 -50.6 54 5.5 -45.3 239 37 308.0 308.0 284.7 308.4 0.11 15 300 8966 -49.1 -57.5 37 8.3 -49.4 264 35 316.1 316.1 287.5 316.3 0.05 16 250 10154 -50.5 -64.6 17 14.2 -50.8 272 35 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.03 17 200 11614 -48.3 -76.0 3 27.7 -48.8 274 29 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 13497 -51.8 -80.9 2 29.0 -52.4 278 31 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16111 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 305 26 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5365.86 m Freezing level: 830.25 mb = 1617.92 m = 5308.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 919.20 mb = 796.10 m = 2611.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.93 % Est. max temperature: 12.34 C = 54.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.17 mb = 1283.86 m = 4212.09 ft T: 0.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 0.65 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.39 mb = 2417.58 m = 7931.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.15 C = 55.66 F Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lifted Index: 7.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.72 C Showalter Index: 5.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 21.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15387.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.57 mb = 1563.28 m = 5128.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 52.91 m/s