MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 43.76,-123.61 Latitude: 43.76 Longitude: -123.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 979 261 8.2 7.4 95 0.8 7.8 215 5 283.1 284.2 281.9 301.4 6.62 2 950 508 7.9 6.1 89 1.8 6.9 228 17 285.2 286.3 282.4 302.6 6.23 3 900 952 4.4 4.1 98 0.2 4.2 236 25 286.0 287.0 282.2 302.1 5.72 4 850 1415 1.7 0.2 90 1.5 1.0 241 30 287.9 288.7 281.7 300.9 4.56 5 800 1901 -1.5 -3.7 85 2.2 -2.4 241 33 289.6 290.2 281.4 300.1 3.64 6 750 2412 -5.1 -6.6 90 1.4 -5.7 238 36 291.0 291.6 281.4 300.2 3.12 7 700 2951 -8.4 -10.0 89 1.5 -8.9 237 39 293.2 293.6 281.7 300.8 2.56 8 650 3522 -12.0 -13.5 88 1.6 -12.5 235 41 295.4 295.8 282.1 301.7 2.07 9 600 4130 -16.2 -17.1 93 0.9 -16.4 231 44 297.4 297.7 282.4 302.6 1.67 10 550 4779 -21.0 -21.8 93 0.8 -21.1 227 46 299.2 299.4 282.6 303.1 1.22 11 500 5477 -24.8 -37.1 31 12.3 -26.3 223 58 302.8 302.8 283.0 303.9 0.32 12 450 6236 -29.3 -53.3 8 24.0 -30.9 224 64 306.4 306.4 284.0 306.6 0.06 13 400 7070 -33.2 -58.2 6 25.0 -34.5 226 76 311.8 311.8 286.0 311.9 0.04 14 350 7998 -38.2 -58.4 10 20.3 -39.0 223 83 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.4 0.04 15 300 9046 -43.7 -63.1 10 19.4 -44.3 226 85 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.03 16 250 10255 -48.7 -66.3 11 17.7 -49.1 230 79 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.02 17 200 11718 -49.8 -75.1 4 25.2 -50.3 242 66 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13582 -52.9 -80.8 2 28.0 -53.3 245 59 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16176 -57.9 -84.4 2 26.5 -58.3 242 54 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5393.65 m Freezing level: 823.45 mb = 1673.44 m = 5490.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 835.67 mb = 1551.70 m = 5090.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.46 % Est. max temperature: 13.69 C = 56.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.75 mb = 355.08 m = 1164.94 ft T: 8.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 2.41 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.23 mb = 886.27 m = 2907.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.99 C = 51.78 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: 2.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 3.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 25.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.25 mb = 823.00 m = 2700.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.25 mb = 1710.79 m = 5612.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.25 mb = 3297.20 m = 10817.44 ft B at Equ Level: 24.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 549.25 mb = 4788.57 m = 15710.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 117.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 86.55 m/s