MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 55.31,-66.97 Latitude: 55.31 Longitude: -66.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 951 521 7.4 5.3 86 2.1 6.3 191 10 284.6 285.6 281.8 301.0 5.87 2 950 529 7.4 5.2 86 2.2 6.3 192 10 284.7 285.7 281.8 301.0 5.85 3 900 972 5.0 4.6 97 0.4 4.8 216 19 286.7 287.7 282.7 303.4 5.92 4 850 1440 5.6 5.4 99 0.1 5.5 221 19 292.0 293.1 285.7 311.0 6.64 5 800 1936 4.4 4.2 99 0.2 4.2 222 17 295.8 297.0 286.9 314.6 6.46 6 750 2460 1.6 1.0 96 0.5 1.3 228 17 298.3 299.3 286.9 314.6 5.50 7 700 3013 -1.5 -2.0 96 0.6 -1.7 223 17 300.9 301.7 287.1 315.1 4.72 8 650 3599 -5.1 -6.6 89 1.5 -5.8 229 17 303.1 303.8 286.8 314.1 3.59 9 600 4228 -6.2 -15.4 48 9.2 -9.3 235 20 309.0 309.4 287.2 315.2 1.93 10 550 4905 -9.1 -27.5 21 18.4 -13.5 238 26 313.3 313.5 287.3 315.8 0.73 11 500 5637 -13.5 -29.8 24 16.2 -17.0 248 27 316.5 316.7 288.3 318.8 0.65 12 450 6428 -19.6 -34.0 27 14.4 -22.1 254 26 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.3 0.48 13 400 7292 -25.9 -33.3 49 7.5 -27.1 265 32 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.5 0.58 14 350 8245 -32.8 -34.4 86 1.6 -33.0 284 48 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.7 0.59 15 300 9309 -41.5 -41.7 98 0.2 -41.6 283 60 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.33 16 250 10521 -50.7 -50.8 99 0.1 -50.7 287 82 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.14 17 200 11942 -58.1 -61.8 62 3.7 -58.2 273 54 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 18 150 13758 -58.7 -79.2 5 20.5 -58.9 277 31 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16290 -61.4 -84.9 3 23.5 -61.7 291 19 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.23 m Freezing level: 724.10 mb = 2746.11 m = 9009.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.52 mb = 2692.57 m = 8833.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.22 % Est. max temperature: 18.36 C = 65.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.68 mb = 786.05 m = 2578.88 ft T: 6.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.60 C/km ThetaE index: 0.08 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.68 mb = 2228.33 m = 7310.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.79 C = 67.62 F Cap Strength: 11.08 C Lifted Index: 12.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.38 C Showalter Index: 8.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.09 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 23.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11935.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.64 mb = 1076.19 m = 3530.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.2 neg: -5.6 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 12.00 m/s