MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 53.02,-86.73 Latitude: 53.02 Longitude: -86.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 995 176 -3.7 -6.1 83 2.4 -4.5 316 17 269.8 270.2 268.9 276.4 2.42 2 950 542 -7.6 -8.1 97 0.5 -7.8 321 29 269.4 269.8 268.2 275.4 2.18 3 900 961 -9.1 -9.6 96 0.5 -9.2 344 34 272.1 272.5 269.8 277.8 2.04 4 850 1401 -11.6 -12.3 94 0.7 -11.8 351 29 274.0 274.3 270.5 278.9 1.74 5 800 1863 -15.3 -15.4 99 0.2 -15.3 351 27 274.9 275.1 270.5 278.9 1.43 6 750 2347 -17.6 -18.7 91 1.2 -17.8 348 27 277.5 277.7 271.6 280.9 1.16 7 700 2863 -18.8 -25.1 58 6.3 -19.8 348 27 281.7 281.8 273.3 283.9 0.71 8 650 3412 -21.2 -32.7 35 11.5 -22.7 351 25 285.0 285.1 274.7 286.2 0.38 9 600 4000 -24.0 -39.1 23 15.1 -25.5 350 23 288.3 288.4 276.2 289.0 0.21 10 550 4629 -27.7 -44.5 18 16.9 -29.0 347 21 291.3 291.3 277.5 291.7 0.13 11 500 5310 -30.7 -52.8 10 22.1 -32.0 347 20 295.6 295.6 279.4 295.8 0.06 12 450 6051 -35.4 -52.0 17 16.6 -36.2 341 18 298.7 298.7 280.8 299.0 0.07 13 400 6862 -40.6 -49.5 38 8.8 -41.1 310 15 302.2 302.2 282.4 302.6 0.10 14 350 7756 -48.4 -49.7 87 1.3 -48.4 293 16 303.4 303.5 283.0 303.9 0.12 15 300 8751 -56.5 -57.5 88 1.0 -56.5 303 17 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.0 0.05 16 250 9908 -53.6 -68.1 15 14.5 -53.8 289 23 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.5 0.02 17 200 11359 -49.6 -77.6 2 28.0 -50.1 299 32 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.00 18 150 13245 -49.3 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.0 300 32 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.01 19 100 15888 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -52.1 295 28 428.7 428.7 308.7 428.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5169.96 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.30 % Est. max temperature: 0.57 C = 33.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.24 mb = 474.26 m = 1555.96 ft T: -6.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 0.98 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.66 mb = 768.17 m = 2520.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.19 g/kg Conv temperature: -2.61 C = 27.30 F Cap Strength: 13.10 C Lifted Index: 16.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.70 C Showalter Index: 14.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.14 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 0.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21043.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.53 mb = 702.32 m = 2304.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.3 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 15.3 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.2 neg: -8.1 tot: 130.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 14.74 m/s