MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 49.8,-71.54 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -71.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 957 471 5.5 1.4 75 4.1 3.6 158 5 282.1 282.9 278.9 294.5 4.42 2 950 533 4.8 1.0 76 3.9 3.1 163 7 282.1 282.8 278.7 294.1 4.31 3 900 972 3.2 -1.7 71 4.8 1.1 185 18 284.8 285.4 279.3 295.4 3.75 4 850 1435 3.5 -11.4 33 14.9 -1.8 197 20 289.8 290.2 279.3 295.5 1.88 5 800 1927 3.8 -10.1 35 13.9 -1.5 207 17 295.2 295.5 282.1 301.9 2.21 6 750 2451 2.2 1.5 96 0.6 1.8 239 14 298.9 300.0 287.3 315.9 5.71 7 700 3006 0.2 0.1 99 0.1 0.1 273 16 302.7 303.7 288.5 319.3 5.51 8 650 3599 -2.1 -2.2 99 0.1 -2.2 289 17 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.9 5.00 9 600 4232 -5.0 -6.0 93 1.0 -5.4 292 19 310.4 311.1 289.7 323.2 4.07 10 550 4912 -9.1 -10.3 91 1.2 -9.5 291 24 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.5 3.19 11 500 5642 -14.1 -16.1 84 2.0 -14.7 286 23 315.9 316.3 289.7 323.0 2.17 12 450 6434 -19.2 -20.9 86 1.8 -19.7 286 21 319.1 319.5 290.2 324.6 1.60 13 400 7299 -25.9 -27.9 83 2.0 -26.3 286 20 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.7 0.97 14 350 8253 -32.5 -45.1 27 12.6 -33.7 283 29 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.19 15 300 9318 -41.4 -47.7 50 6.4 -41.8 292 34 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 16 250 10529 -51.1 -55.8 57 4.7 -51.2 299 36 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.08 17 200 11952 -56.9 -67.5 25 10.6 -57.1 302 49 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 13765 -59.6 -78.2 7 18.7 -59.7 302 40 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16280 -60.6 -85.1 3 24.5 -60.9 303 15 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5529.79 m Freezing level: 696.45 mb = 3048.44 m = 10001.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 881.10 mb = 1144.06 m = 3753.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.93 % Est. max temperature: 17.55 C = 63.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.86 mb = 982.27 m = 3222.65 ft T: 3.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 0.32 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 553.81 mb = 4857.76 m = 15937.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.03 C = 96.86 F Cap Strength: 17.49 C Lifted Index: 18.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.56 C Showalter Index: 18.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.61 C Cross Totals Index: 2.69 C K Index: 6.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 212.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16321.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.50 mb = 1682.47 m = 5519.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 61.46 m/s