MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 48.23,-106.72 Latitude: 48.23 Longitude: -106.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 1 950 578 SFC 931 741 1.6 -2.8 73 4.4 -0.2 179 4 280.4 280.9 276.5 289.7 3.33 3 900 1015 2.3 -4.2 62 6.5 -0.3 213 7 283.9 284.4 278.0 292.7 3.11 4 850 1477 1.9 -5.2 59 7.1 -1.0 265 11 288.1 288.6 280.0 297.0 3.05 5 800 1964 -0.1 -7.4 58 7.3 -3.0 290 18 291.0 291.5 280.9 299.1 2.73 6 750 2478 -2.5 -14.1 40 11.7 -6.2 296 22 293.9 294.2 281.0 299.1 1.71 7 700 3023 -4.5 -24.3 20 19.8 -9.4 301 26 297.5 297.6 281.3 300.0 0.76 8 650 3603 -8.0 -18.9 41 10.9 -11.1 301 33 299.9 300.2 283.0 304.1 1.32 9 600 4220 -11.9 -18.6 57 6.7 -13.7 303 42 302.4 302.7 284.2 307.1 1.47 10 550 4881 -15.9 -21.4 62 5.5 -17.3 301 48 305.2 305.5 285.1 309.3 1.25 11 500 5592 -20.8 -25.9 63 5.1 -21.8 301 51 307.7 307.9 285.6 310.8 0.92 12 450 6362 -26.7 -32.5 58 5.8 -27.5 300 52 309.7 309.8 285.9 311.6 0.56 13 400 7201 -32.2 -45.6 25 13.3 -33.3 299 62 313.1 313.1 286.6 313.7 0.16 14 350 8135 -36.6 -52.5 18 15.9 -37.5 301 88 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.8 0.08 15 300 9186 -43.7 -53.4 33 9.7 -44.1 301 99 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.09 16 250 10391 -50.8 -59.9 33 9.1 -51.0 300 106 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 17 200 11830 -53.7 -70.3 11 16.6 -54.0 303 89 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13661 -57.3 -79.1 5 21.8 -57.6 297 62 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16209 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.6 315 37 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5432.48 m Freezing level: 803.06 mb = 1934.18 m = 6345.67 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.34 % Est. max temperature: 13.03 C = 55.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.50 mb = 1293.52 m = 4243.76 ft T: 2.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 931.1-635007559270400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.92 mb = 3711.24 m = 12175.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.14 C = 70.06 F Cap Strength: 11.25 C Lifted Index: 12.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.38 C Showalter Index: 10.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.66 C Cross Totals Index: 15.60 C K Index: -2.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 74.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15313.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.27 mb = 2011.28 m = 6598.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.7 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 328.7 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 152.72 m/s