MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 45.8,-112.62 Latitude: 45.80 Longitude: -112.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 227 1 950 660 2 900 1111 3 850 1583 SFC 817 1911 5.2 -5.9 45 11.0 0.5 238 2 294.9 295.5 283.0 304.0 3.02 5 800 2079 5.0 -6.9 42 11.9 0.1 229 4 296.5 297.0 283.4 305.1 2.84 6 750 2604 4.0 -13.6 26 17.6 -2.4 249 10 300.9 301.2 284.0 306.5 1.79 7 700 3162 1.0 -14.4 30 15.4 -4.5 294 19 303.6 303.9 285.1 309.3 1.78 8 650 3755 -1.1 -7.7 61 6.6 -3.9 309 27 307.7 308.3 288.1 318.1 3.30 9 600 4391 -3.1 -8.2 68 5.1 -5.3 319 31 312.6 313.2 289.8 323.5 3.44 10 550 5077 -6.1 -12.5 60 6.4 -8.6 327 35 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.5 2.65 11 500 5816 -10.9 -17.1 60 6.2 -13.0 329 38 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.5 2.01 12 450 6617 -16.8 -21.3 68 4.5 -18.1 325 40 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.55 13 400 7490 -23.1 -27.4 68 4.3 -24.0 319 40 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.5 1.01 14 350 8454 -30.4 -35.0 64 4.5 -31.1 320 39 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.8 0.56 15 300 9530 -39.0 -42.2 72 3.2 -39.2 316 45 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10753 -48.9 -51.8 72 2.9 -49.0 322 54 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.13 17 200 12185 -57.6 -61.7 59 4.1 -57.6 333 67 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 13985 -61.3 -77.1 11 15.8 -61.4 316 62 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -65.5 -83.4 7 18.0 -65.6 318 35 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.09 m Freezing level: 675.92 mb = 3447.37 m = 11310.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 798.41 mb = 2094.84 m = 6872.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.81 % Est. max temperature: 15.93 C = 60.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.47 mb = 3294.65 m = 10809.09 ft T: 0.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 816.6- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 447.27 mb = 6661.93 m = 21856.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Cap Strength: 13.02 C Lifted Index: 13.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11634.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 608.66 mb = 4277.41 m = 14033.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.7 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 348.7 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 116.47 m/s