MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 55.85,-127.53 Latitude: 55.85 Longitude: -127.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 436 2 900 874 SFC 853 1301 -1.5 -1.8 97 0.3 -1.6 257 2 284.3 284.9 279.3 295.3 3.91 4 850 1331 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 262 2 284.4 285.0 279.2 295.3 3.87 5 800 1811 -4.4 -4.6 98 0.2 -4.5 266 4 286.5 287.1 279.7 296.2 3.39 6 750 2318 -6.9 -7.7 94 0.8 -7.2 273 6 289.1 289.6 280.2 297.5 2.85 7 700 2853 -10.0 -10.7 94 0.8 -10.2 302 16 291.4 291.9 280.7 298.6 2.40 8 650 3421 -13.6 -14.2 95 0.6 -13.8 308 22 293.5 293.9 281.1 299.5 1.96 9 600 4024 -17.9 -18.2 98 0.3 -18.0 311 18 295.4 295.6 281.4 300.0 1.52 10 550 4668 -23.0 -23.5 95 0.5 -23.1 304 15 296.8 297.0 281.4 300.1 1.04 11 500 5359 -28.7 -29.3 95 0.5 -28.8 310 12 298.0 298.1 281.4 300.2 0.68 12 450 6102 -35.3 -35.7 96 0.4 -35.4 323 12 298.9 298.9 281.4 300.2 0.40 13 400 6912 -41.3 -41.7 95 0.4 -41.3 264 11 301.3 301.4 282.3 302.2 0.25 14 350 7806 -47.1 -50.6 67 3.5 -47.2 254 13 305.3 305.3 283.7 305.6 0.11 15 300 8817 -50.3 -58.9 36 8.6 -50.5 239 8 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.6 0.05 16 250 10012 -48.1 -69.0 7 20.9 -48.5 254 16 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.01 17 200 11486 -47.6 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.2 276 25 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 18 150 13390 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 264 22 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16051 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.8 253 26 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5341.91 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.83 % Est. max temperature: 5.20 C = 41.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.47 mb = 1345.40 m = 4414.00 ft T: -1.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.02 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 1872.88 m = 6144.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.92 C = 33.65 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: 2.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 26.71 C K Index: 24.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13849.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.20 mb = 1838.84 m = 6032.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.2 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 331.2 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 41.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 14.57 m/s