MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 44.98,-122.49 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -122.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 544 SFC 948 564 13.6 10.9 84 2.6 12.0 177 3 291.1 292.7 287.3 315.8 8.67 3 900 1003 14.9 5.5 53 9.4 9.6 204 23 296.8 298.0 287.2 315.2 6.28 4 850 1484 11.1 3.2 58 8.0 6.9 203 35 297.8 298.9 286.9 314.5 5.65 5 800 1986 6.7 1.9 71 4.8 4.2 204 45 298.3 299.3 286.9 314.6 5.50 6 750 2512 2.1 1.1 93 1.0 1.6 207 55 298.8 299.9 287.2 315.3 5.54 7 700 3067 -0.8 -0.9 99 0.1 -0.9 207 59 301.6 302.6 287.8 317.0 5.11 8 650 3655 -4.3 -4.7 97 0.4 -4.4 203 60 304.2 304.9 287.7 316.9 4.15 9 600 4284 -5.9 -6.3 97 0.4 -6.1 217 64 309.3 310.0 289.3 321.7 3.97 10 550 4963 -9.1 -9.6 96 0.5 -9.3 224 69 313.3 314.0 290.0 324.1 3.36 11 500 5694 -13.5 -13.9 97 0.4 -13.6 224 68 316.6 317.1 290.3 325.2 2.62 12 450 6488 -18.8 -18.9 99 0.1 -18.8 223 70 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.0 1.91 13 400 7354 -25.4 -25.4 99 0.1 -25.4 222 70 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.2 1.21 14 350 8307 -33.2 -33.2 100 0.0 -33.2 222 74 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.3 0.66 15 300 9370 -41.9 -42.1 98 0.2 -41.9 218 85 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.31 16 250 10579 -50.5 -50.5 100 0.0 -50.4 221 116 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 17 200 12006 -58.3 -62.6 58 4.3 -58.4 224 128 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 13807 -59.4 -79.5 6 20.1 -59.6 217 83 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16337 -59.6 -84.3 3 24.7 -59.9 234 62 412.6 412.6 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.58 m Freezing level: 713.55 mb = 2916.97 m = 9569.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.46 mb = 2869.23 m = 9413.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.24 % Est. max temperature: 20.63 C = 69.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.84 mb = 901.57 m = 2957.86 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.23 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.90 mb = 2288.43 m = 7507.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.93 C = 69.68 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: 5.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 27.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9024.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.95 mb = 1955.87 m = 6416.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.2 at 55.0 knts Storm direction: 244.2 at 41.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 425.4 neg: -20.7 tot: 404.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 224.41 m/s