MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 42.35,-113.67 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -113.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 207 1 950 639 2 900 1090 SFC 855 1509 6.1 1.4 72 4.7 3.8 253 9 292.0 292.8 283.9 306.3 4.94 4 850 1562 6.7 1.6 70 5.1 4.2 262 17 293.2 294.1 284.5 307.9 5.06 5 800 2057 3.7 -0.9 72 4.6 1.5 282 24 295.1 295.9 284.7 308.2 4.46 6 750 2578 0.7 -5.3 64 6.0 -1.9 298 28 297.3 297.9 284.4 307.6 3.43 7 700 3129 -2.2 -10.1 54 7.9 -5.2 307 27 300.1 300.5 284.5 307.9 2.53 8 650 3714 -5.6 -15.9 44 10.3 -8.9 312 23 302.6 302.9 284.6 308.0 1.70 9 600 4337 -9.8 -21.5 38 11.7 -12.9 312 21 304.8 305.0 284.8 308.5 1.14 10 550 5002 -14.5 -29.0 28 14.5 -17.4 308 25 306.9 307.0 284.9 309.1 0.63 11 500 5719 -17.5 -43.9 8 26.4 -20.9 311 39 311.7 311.7 286.1 312.3 0.16 12 450 6502 -21.1 -39.3 18 18.1 -23.7 314 58 316.7 316.7 288.0 317.7 0.28 13 400 7360 -27.6 -31.8 67 4.2 -28.3 314 67 319.1 319.3 289.2 321.5 0.67 14 350 8306 -34.4 -39.5 60 5.1 -35.0 316 75 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.35 15 300 9372 -39.4 -52.7 23 13.2 -40.2 325 98 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.10 16 250 10601 -46.6 -57.5 28 10.9 -47.0 316 111 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.06 17 200 12055 -52.3 -68.1 13 15.8 -52.6 308 76 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.02 18 150 13904 -56.6 -79.0 4 22.3 -56.9 309 52 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16439 -60.8 -83.9 3 23.1 -61.0 292 42 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5511.79 m Freezing level: 738.33 mb = 2706.90 m = 8880.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.97 mb = 2282.62 m = 7488.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.06 % Est. max temperature: 13.53 C = 56.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.92 mb = 2098.37 m = 6884.32 ft T: 3.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 0.63 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3303.06 m = 10836.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.56 C = 58.20 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: 6.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.97 C Showalter Index: 6.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.24 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 17.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11623.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.49 mb = 2637.15 m = 8651.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.6 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 338.6 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.3 neg: -18.5 tot: 145.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 69.26 m/s