MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 42.69,-110.96 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -110.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 599 2 900 1048 3 850 1517 4 800 2010 SFC 777 2248 0.1 -0.6 95 0.7 -0.2 188 2 293.7 294.6 284.4 307.5 4.71 6 750 2529 0.3 -1.5 88 1.8 -0.5 257 8 296.9 297.7 285.5 310.5 4.58 7 700 3079 -3.3 -3.9 95 0.6 -3.6 279 20 298.8 299.6 285.7 311.1 4.08 8 650 3662 -7.3 -8.2 93 0.9 -7.7 287 24 300.7 301.2 285.4 310.3 3.16 9 600 4281 -10.9 -15.9 67 5.0 -12.5 273 24 303.4 303.8 285.1 309.3 1.84 10 550 4946 -13.7 -24.7 39 11.0 -16.3 269 31 307.8 308.0 285.7 311.0 0.94 11 500 5665 -17.5 -35.2 20 17.7 -20.4 278 33 311.7 311.8 286.4 313.1 0.38 12 450 6446 -21.9 -49.5 6 27.6 -24.7 289 48 315.7 315.7 287.4 316.0 0.09 13 400 7305 -26.7 -48.9 10 22.2 -28.7 289 68 320.3 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.11 14 350 8255 -33.7 -48.8 20 15.1 -34.8 292 76 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.13 15 300 9319 -40.2 -56.1 17 15.9 -40.9 293 93 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.06 16 250 10541 -48.6 -61.3 21 12.7 -49.0 300 93 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.04 17 200 11993 -50.9 -69.6 9 18.7 -51.3 279 68 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 13861 -54.7 -79.8 3 25.1 -55.1 264 44 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16418 -60.7 -83.6 3 22.9 -60.9 260 27 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5496.04 m Freezing level: 745.80 mb = 2575.13 m = 8448.48 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.81 % Est. max temperature: 7.74 C = 45.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.14 mb = 2336.56 m = 7665.79 ft T: 0.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 700.39 mb = 3074.98 m = 10088.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.82 C = 40.68 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 4.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11126.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.86 mb = 2934.12 m = 9626.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.4 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 314.4 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 160.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 139.05 m/s