MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 43.75,-79.36 Latitude: 43.75 Longitude: -79.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 984 172 13.4 8.6 73 4.8 10.7 212 11 287.9 289.1 284.5 308.0 7.15 2 950 467 12.6 6.2 65 6.4 9.1 222 21 290.0 291.1 284.5 307.8 6.27 3 900 918 9.5 3.2 65 6.3 6.3 242 21 291.3 292.3 284.1 306.8 5.36 4 850 1389 5.4 1.0 74 4.3 3.3 246 21 291.8 292.6 283.7 305.9 4.85 5 800 1881 1.3 -2.4 77 3.6 -0.4 246 22 292.5 293.2 283.1 304.2 4.01 6 750 2397 -2.4 -9.3 59 6.9 -4.9 241 25 294.0 294.4 282.0 301.6 2.53 7 700 2941 -5.4 -21.3 27 15.9 -9.6 235 29 296.5 296.7 281.2 299.6 1.00 8 650 3518 -9.5 -26.8 23 17.3 -13.3 228 29 298.2 298.3 281.5 300.4 0.66 9 600 4131 -13.4 -31.2 21 17.8 -16.7 223 30 300.6 300.7 282.3 302.2 0.47 10 550 4788 -16.5 -34.8 19 18.3 -19.4 227 34 304.5 304.6 283.7 305.8 0.36 11 500 5498 -21.4 -34.6 29 13.2 -23.4 228 41 307.0 307.0 284.7 308.4 0.40 12 450 6266 -27.1 -40.3 27 13.2 -28.5 219 49 309.2 309.2 285.4 310.1 0.25 13 400 7102 -34.0 -43.7 37 9.7 -34.8 219 51 310.8 310.8 285.8 311.5 0.20 14 350 8023 -40.8 -50.0 37 9.2 -41.3 210 60 313.7 313.8 286.8 314.2 0.11 15 300 9061 -44.8 -59.7 17 14.9 -45.3 206 75 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.04 16 250 10271 -48.1 -65.5 12 17.5 -48.5 207 76 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.02 17 200 11739 -48.6 -75.4 3 26.8 -49.1 214 61 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 13617 -52.2 -80.3 2 28.1 -52.7 226 39 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16202 -57.5 -84.7 2 27.2 -57.9 217 26 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5463.33 m Freezing level: 782.78 mb = 2058.63 m = 6753.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 805.29 mb = 1827.59 m = 5995.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.53 % Est. max temperature: 17.51 C = 63.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.92 mb = 771.72 m = 2531.86 ft T: 10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 8.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1593.05 m = 5226.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.58 C = 63.64 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 2.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 3.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 11.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.90 mb = 1370.71 m = 4497.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.90 mb = 2012.92 m = 6603.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 606.90 mb = 4043.20 m = 13264.94 ft B at Equ Level: 25.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 546.90 mb = 4830.29 m = 15847.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: -3.7 tot: 49.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 17.51 m/s