MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 48.13,-106.58 Latitude: 48.13 Longitude: -106.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 1 950 449 SFC 919 721 8.3 -1.5 50 9.7 3.8 161 9 288.3 288.9 280.9 299.0 3.73 3 900 896 7.9 -3.6 44 11.5 2.9 180 15 289.7 290.3 281.0 299.2 3.26 4 850 1371 11.4 -9.5 22 20.9 2.8 219 13 298.1 298.5 283.3 304.8 2.19 5 800 1873 7.5 -2.9 47 10.5 2.7 247 17 299.2 299.9 285.6 310.8 3.85 6 750 2402 4.2 0.0 74 4.2 2.1 263 24 301.2 302.1 287.6 316.5 5.11 7 700 2960 0.7 -0.6 91 1.3 0.0 266 32 303.2 304.2 288.4 319.1 5.23 8 650 3552 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.5 275 43 306.5 307.4 289.1 321.2 4.77 9 600 4186 -4.4 -6.7 84 2.3 -5.4 275 51 311.1 311.8 289.8 323.3 3.86 10 550 4868 -8.0 -11.0 79 2.9 -9.2 276 49 314.5 315.1 290.0 324.3 3.01 11 500 5601 -13.1 -14.9 86 1.8 -13.7 279 47 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.0 2.41 12 450 6395 -18.9 -19.5 95 0.6 -19.1 281 46 319.5 319.9 290.5 325.6 1.82 13 400 7261 -25.5 -25.7 98 0.2 -25.5 279 49 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.0 1.18 14 350 8215 -32.9 -33.1 99 0.1 -32.9 276 59 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.68 15 300 9280 -41.8 -41.8 99 0.0 -41.8 276 68 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 16 250 10488 -51.5 -51.5 100 0.0 -51.5 275 88 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 17 200 11910 -56.9 -65.2 34 8.3 -57.1 279 83 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 13730 -57.2 -79.4 4 22.2 -57.5 269 60 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16277 -60.3 -84.7 3 24.4 -60.6 262 28 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5581.34 m Freezing level: 687.99 mb = 3101.94 m = 10176.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.61 mb = 2964.13 m = 9724.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.65 % Est. max temperature: 20.10 C = 68.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.02 mb = 1955.01 m = 6414.00 ft T: 7.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 919.3-272008302207532160516096.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 502.34 mb = 5565.46 m = 18259.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.28 C = 97.30 F Cap Strength: 13.21 C Lifted Index: 13.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.96 C Showalter Index: 12.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 3.61 C K Index: 13.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13571.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.54 mb = 3138.27 m = 10296.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.2 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 301.2 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 280.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 188.62 m/s