MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 169 1 950 597 2 900 1043 3 850 1510 4 800 2000 SFC 799 2011 0.3 -4.4 71 4.7 -1.7 266 17 291.5 292.2 282.0 301.7 3.45 6 750 2514 -3.0 -6.6 76 3.6 -4.4 276 36 293.3 293.8 282.4 302.5 3.11 7 700 3058 -5.9 -14.3 51 8.4 -8.5 295 35 296.0 296.3 282.0 301.5 1.80 8 650 3633 -10.2 -20.2 44 10.0 -12.8 301 35 297.4 297.6 281.8 301.1 1.18 9 600 4245 -13.7 -30.8 22 17.1 -16.9 295 50 300.2 300.3 282.1 301.8 0.49 10 550 4902 -16.7 -37.5 15 20.8 -19.8 291 65 304.2 304.3 283.5 305.2 0.28 11 500 5616 -18.2 -41.7 11 23.4 -21.4 290 86 310.8 310.9 285.9 311.5 0.20 12 450 6398 -20.8 -43.9 11 23.1 -23.7 291 107 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.8 0.17 13 400 7263 -23.9 -43.2 15 19.3 -26.3 289 124 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.21 14 350 8225 -30.6 -47.9 17 17.3 -32.1 292 125 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.14 15 300 9299 -39.9 -53.7 21 13.8 -40.6 301 130 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.09 16 250 10515 -49.8 -58.3 36 8.5 -50.1 294 124 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.06 17 200 11950 -54.8 -66.9 21 12.1 -55.1 291 115 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 18 150 13774 -59.5 -78.1 7 18.6 -59.7 275 92 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16316 -57.9 -84.8 2 26.9 -58.3 294 51 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5446.23 m Freezing level: 795.08 mb = 2049.84 m = 6725.13 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.51 % Est. max temperature: 5.81 C = 42.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.88 mb = 2589.40 m = 8495.29 ft T: -3.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.39 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.50 mb = 3532.58 m = 11589.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.52 C = 41.94 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 9.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13372.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.50 mb = 3141.56 m = 10306.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 74.0 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 55.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 5.8 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 403.4 neg: -48.3 tot: 355.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 325.25 m/s