MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 46.26,-122.88 Latitude: 46.26 Longitude: -122.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 985 242 11.6 9.3 86 2.3 10.3 243 9 286.0 287.3 284.1 306.9 7.49 2 950 541 8.6 6.7 88 2.0 7.6 252 22 285.9 287.1 283.0 304.0 6.47 3 900 986 5.3 3.9 91 1.4 4.6 260 30 287.0 287.9 282.5 302.9 5.63 4 850 1451 2.6 -0.4 81 3.0 1.3 266 33 288.9 289.7 282.0 301.5 4.38 5 800 1938 -0.8 -3.3 84 2.4 -1.9 268 34 290.2 290.9 281.8 301.2 3.75 6 750 2450 -4.0 -6.5 83 2.5 -5.0 271 35 292.2 292.7 282.0 301.4 3.13 7 700 2991 -7.3 -11.0 75 3.6 -8.6 273 36 294.3 294.8 282.0 301.5 2.36 8 650 3565 -10.9 -16.5 63 5.7 -12.5 276 39 296.6 296.9 282.0 301.6 1.61 9 600 4175 -14.8 -22.8 51 7.9 -16.6 282 44 299.0 299.2 282.3 302.2 1.02 10 550 4828 -18.8 -30.9 34 12.1 -20.8 286 51 301.8 301.9 282.8 303.6 0.53 11 500 5531 -23.8 -45.9 11 22.1 -25.9 290 58 304.0 304.0 283.2 304.5 0.12 12 450 6290 -30.0 -46.2 19 16.1 -31.3 289 61 305.5 305.5 283.8 306.0 0.14 13 400 7117 -37.0 -45.9 39 8.9 -37.6 287 65 306.9 306.9 284.4 307.5 0.16 14 350 8027 -42.1 -55.2 23 13.1 -42.6 298 72 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.2 0.06 15 300 9068 -43.5 -63.5 9 20.0 -44.0 309 89 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.03 16 250 10286 -46.3 -69.3 6 23.0 -46.9 311 88 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.01 17 200 11759 -49.0 -76.0 3 27.0 -49.5 303 77 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 13638 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 285 53 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16250 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 282 36 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5417.50 m Freezing level: 812.16 mb = 1819.58 m = 5969.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 829.87 mb = 1643.35 m = 5391.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.11 % Est. max temperature: 14.90 C = 58.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.47 mb = 528.08 m = 1732.51 ft T: 8.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.75 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 964.19 m = 3163.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.50 C = 54.50 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 2.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 22.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.05 mb = 903.28 m = 2963.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.05 mb = 1699.91 m = 5577.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 674.05 mb = 3283.53 m = 10772.61 ft B at Equ Level: 20.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 584.05 mb = 4377.01 m = 14360.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 86.74 m/s