MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510201200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510201200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 20 OCT 25 Station: 59.6,-128.3 Latitude: 59.60 Longitude: -128.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 484 2 900 917 SFC 899 927 -2.1 -3.4 91 1.3 -2.6 114 3 279.5 280.0 276.0 288.7 3.30 4 850 1371 -2.0 -4.7 81 2.7 -3.1 158 10 284.1 284.6 278.2 293.1 3.16 5 800 1852 -4.1 -7.5 77 3.5 -5.3 186 12 286.8 287.3 279.0 294.7 2.71 6 750 2358 -7.6 -9.8 84 2.3 -8.3 202 14 288.4 288.8 279.3 295.5 2.41 7 700 2891 -10.7 -14.2 75 3.5 -11.8 217 17 290.6 290.9 279.6 296.1 1.81 8 650 3458 -13.6 -21.2 53 7.6 -15.4 228 18 293.5 293.7 280.0 296.9 1.08 9 600 4062 -17.2 -24.2 54 7.1 -18.6 232 19 296.3 296.4 281.0 299.1 0.90 10 550 4708 -22.1 -22.2 99 0.1 -22.1 222 25 297.9 298.1 282.0 301.6 1.18 11 500 5402 -26.5 -26.5 100 -0.0 -26.5 226 34 300.7 300.9 282.8 303.6 0.88 12 450 6159 -29.7 -29.8 99 0.1 -29.7 255 33 305.9 306.0 284.7 308.3 0.72 13 400 6989 -35.6 -35.6 100 -0.0 -35.5 245 33 308.8 308.9 285.4 310.4 0.46 14 350 7905 -42.0 -42.1 100 0.0 -42.1 227 26 312.0 312.1 286.4 313.0 0.27 15 300 8931 -49.1 -53.2 62 4.1 -49.3 224 25 316.1 316.2 287.6 316.5 0.09 16 250 10112 -53.2 -62.5 32 9.2 -53.4 239 31 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.0 0.03 17 200 11548 -50.8 -73.9 5 23.1 -51.2 258 39 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13416 -51.8 -80.5 2 28.8 -52.3 262 41 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16024 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 275 30 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5332.53 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.56 % Est. max temperature: 6.59 C = 43.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.04 mb = 1095.15 m = 3592.98 ft T: -2.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 898.8-119422827978414792822210217115648.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.84 mb = 2204.23 m = 7231.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.09 C = 42.96 F Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lifted Index: 7.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 7.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 16.26 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 54.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15590.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.35 mb = 1720.83 m = 5645.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 61.37 m/s