MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 45.77,-114.63 Latitude: 45.77 Longitude: -114.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 237 1 950 664 2 900 1110 3 850 1575 SFC 813 1930 2.7 -18.5 19 21.2 -3.7 219 3 292.6 292.8 279.6 296.0 1.09 5 800 2063 -0.3 -20.1 21 19.9 -5.8 215 4 290.9 291.0 278.6 293.9 0.96 6 750 2575 -3.9 -25.8 16 21.9 -9.0 230 5 292.3 292.4 278.7 294.3 0.62 7 700 3118 -4.7 -40.8 4 36.1 -10.6 261 12 297.3 297.4 280.4 297.9 0.15 8 650 3698 -7.3 -38.8 6 31.6 -12.6 280 17 300.7 300.8 282.0 301.4 0.20 9 600 4317 -10.5 -38.9 8 28.4 -15.1 286 21 303.9 304.0 283.3 304.7 0.22 10 550 4981 -14.6 -33.8 18 19.2 -18.0 287 24 306.8 306.8 284.6 308.1 0.40 11 500 5696 -19.8 -30.0 40 10.3 -21.6 289 27 308.9 309.1 285.7 311.1 0.63 12 450 6469 -25.2 -35.7 37 10.5 -26.7 292 31 311.5 311.6 286.4 312.9 0.40 13 400 7313 -31.4 -38.6 49 7.2 -32.2 294 35 314.1 314.2 287.2 315.3 0.34 14 350 8243 -39.1 -42.1 73 3.0 -39.3 292 39 316.0 316.1 287.8 317.0 0.27 15 300 9279 -47.6 -50.7 70 3.1 -47.7 292 41 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.7 0.12 16 250 10462 -55.1 -62.9 37 7.8 -55.3 293 41 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.03 17 200 11868 -59.0 -68.7 28 9.7 -59.1 292 43 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.4 0.02 18 150 13695 -54.4 -80.4 3 26.0 -54.8 286 45 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16279 -57.3 -84.6 2 27.2 -57.8 286 32 416.9 416.9 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5458.42 m Freezing level: 801.17 mb = 2051.75 m = 6731.37 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.39 % Est. max temperature: 9.44 C = 49.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 582.92 mb = 4537.74 m = 14887.41 ft T: -11.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 2.17 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 399.12 mb = 7328.19 m = 24042.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.99 C = 73.39 F Cap Strength: 12.38 C Lifted Index: 12.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.28 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14365.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 535.24 mb = 5185.22 m = 17011.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.8 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 316.8 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 60.82 m/s