MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 48.49,-78.9 Latitude: 48.49 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -63 SFC 956 315 16.0 11.6 75 4.4 13.3 155 14 292.9 294.5 288.3 318.6 9.00 2 950 373 16.3 10.9 70 5.4 13.1 157 23 293.8 295.3 288.3 318.6 8.66 3 900 831 12.8 9.5 80 3.3 10.9 159 40 294.7 296.2 288.3 318.7 8.31 4 850 1309 9.9 8.7 92 1.2 9.2 170 54 296.5 298.0 289.0 320.8 8.34 5 800 1813 8.9 8.3 96 0.5 8.6 189 59 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.1 8.65 6 750 2346 5.9 5.1 94 0.8 5.5 189 64 303.0 304.4 290.3 325.1 7.37 7 700 2909 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 190 66 305.3 306.5 290.2 324.8 6.43 8 650 3505 -0.8 -1.6 95 0.7 -1.2 188 67 308.0 309.0 290.0 324.2 5.25 9 600 4141 -4.6 -5.4 94 0.9 -5.0 188 71 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.2 4.25 10 550 4821 -8.0 -8.7 94 0.7 -8.3 191 70 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.2 3.60 11 500 5558 -11.3 -12.3 92 1.0 -11.7 197 64 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.1 2.97 12 450 6361 -15.0 -15.8 94 0.8 -15.3 198 72 324.4 324.8 292.4 332.7 2.48 13 400 7242 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 195 76 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.8 1.87 14 350 8218 -26.9 -26.9 100 0.0 -26.9 192 77 332.5 332.7 293.5 336.8 1.21 15 300 9311 -35.4 -35.5 98 0.2 -35.4 198 76 335.5 335.7 293.8 337.9 0.62 16 250 10551 -46.2 -46.2 100 -0.0 -46.3 202 77 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.24 17 200 11992 -57.0 -58.3 85 1.3 -57.0 192 69 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.07 18 150 13817 -59.4 -78.7 6 19.3 -59.6 220 49 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16340 -60.9 -84.7 3 23.7 -61.2 222 19 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.19 m Freezing level: 662.13 mb = 3360.42 m = 11024.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.94 mb = 3298.12 m = 10820.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.08 % Est. max temperature: 23.12 C = 73.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.42 mb = 873.97 m = 2867.32 ft T: 12.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 1.96 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.15 mb = 2052.57 m = 6734.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.73 C = 76.52 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: 5.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8507.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.75 mb = 1223.65 m = 4014.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.6 at 61.8 knts Storm direction: 217.6 at 46.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 642.0 neg: -7.5 tot: 634.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 211.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 197.90 m/s