MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 42.62,-119.49 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -119.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 584 2 900 1038 3 850 1513 SFC 840 1615 8.4 -0.6 53 9.1 4.0 348 2 296.0 296.8 284.9 308.9 4.34 5 800 2013 5.9 -3.4 51 9.3 1.7 302 1 297.4 298.1 284.8 308.6 3.72 6 750 2537 1.4 -5.4 60 6.8 -1.6 210 5 298.1 298.7 284.7 308.3 3.40 7 700 3088 -2.0 -13.5 41 11.5 -6.0 232 12 300.3 300.6 283.9 306.3 1.92 8 650 3675 -3.7 -25.0 17 21.3 -9.3 245 18 304.8 304.9 284.3 307.3 0.77 9 600 4305 -5.2 -28.2 14 23.0 -10.8 261 23 310.1 310.2 286.1 312.2 0.62 10 550 4983 -8.7 -23.0 30 14.4 -12.6 259 26 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.5 1.09 11 500 5716 -12.4 -25.5 32 13.2 -15.7 275 30 317.9 318.1 289.1 321.3 0.96 12 450 6514 -17.2 -34.9 20 17.6 -20.4 271 35 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.2 0.44 13 400 7384 -24.4 -34.3 39 10.0 -26.0 258 37 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.52 14 350 8344 -30.8 -34.8 68 4.0 -31.4 257 53 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.3 0.57 15 300 9422 -37.9 -39.4 86 1.5 -38.0 252 62 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.6 0.42 16 250 10651 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 246 80 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12088 -56.0 -64.9 32 8.8 -56.2 248 89 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13907 -59.0 -78.1 7 19.0 -59.3 239 68 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16431 -61.3 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.5 236 36 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.07 m Freezing level: 729.59 mb = 2761.91 m = 9061.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.24 mb = 2278.59 m = 7475.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.70 % Est. max temperature: 13.32 C = 55.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.68 mb = 2745.43 m = 9007.20 ft T: 0.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.94 C/km ThetaE index: 2.61 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 556.05 mb = 4897.96 m = 16069.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.81 F Cap Strength: 9.05 C Lifted Index: 10.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12003.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.55 mb = 3172.99 m = 10409.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 62.26 m/s