MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.94,-111.49 Latitude: 42.94 Longitude: -111.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 565 2 900 1015 3 850 1486 4 800 1979 SFC 797 2011 2.3 -5.6 56 7.9 -1.0 260 20 293.9 294.5 282.7 303.3 3.15 6 750 2498 -1.3 -7.5 63 6.1 -3.8 267 40 295.1 295.6 282.9 303.8 2.90 7 700 3044 -4.4 -12.9 51 8.5 -7.3 282 42 297.6 298.0 282.9 303.8 2.02 8 650 3624 -8.4 -21.7 33 13.3 -11.8 288 50 299.5 299.7 282.5 302.8 1.04 9 600 4240 -11.6 -40.9 7 29.3 -15.9 283 59 302.7 302.8 282.7 303.4 0.18 10 550 4902 -14.9 -41.9 8 27.1 -18.6 279 68 306.5 306.5 284.2 307.1 0.17 11 500 5618 -18.1 -34.7 22 16.6 -20.8 277 80 311.0 311.1 286.2 312.4 0.40 12 450 6399 -22.1 -33.9 33 11.8 -24.0 278 93 315.5 315.6 287.8 317.2 0.48 13 400 7256 -27.1 -41.9 23 14.8 -28.7 281 103 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.7 0.24 14 350 8208 -32.3 -47.6 20 15.3 -33.6 284 123 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.15 15 300 9277 -40.8 -51.3 32 10.5 -41.4 287 133 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.11 16 250 10500 -47.0 -61.4 18 14.3 -47.5 285 133 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.04 17 200 11946 -55.0 -68.4 18 13.4 -55.2 284 108 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13762 -58.7 -78.5 6 19.8 -59.0 271 104 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16325 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 275 33 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5484.07 m Freezing level: 767.24 mb = 2318.47 m = 7606.44 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.80 % Est. max temperature: 7.69 C = 45.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.32 mb = 2995.37 m = 9827.20 ft T: -4.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 606.84 mb = 4152.78 m = 13624.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.11 C = 50.20 F Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lifted Index: 8.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12437.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.53 mb = 3427.20 m = 11243.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.7 at 72.3 knts Storm direction: 309.7 at 54.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 4.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 342.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 251.90 m/s