MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 209 1 950 634 2 900 1077 3 850 1540 SFC 802 2011 -1.8 -4.8 80 3.0 -3.0 254 7 289.0 289.6 280.8 298.7 3.33 5 800 2026 -1.3 -4.9 77 3.6 -2.7 255 9 289.8 290.3 281.1 299.4 3.32 6 750 2538 -4.1 -7.6 77 3.5 -5.4 275 24 292.1 292.6 281.6 300.6 2.88 7 700 3079 -7.0 -13.3 61 6.3 -9.1 300 26 294.7 295.0 281.6 300.7 1.96 8 650 3653 -11.0 -19.3 50 8.4 -13.2 317 28 296.6 296.8 281.5 300.6 1.27 9 600 4264 -14.1 -29.6 26 15.5 -17.0 309 37 299.8 299.9 282.0 301.6 0.55 10 550 4922 -14.9 -42.1 8 27.2 -18.7 302 60 306.4 306.4 284.2 307.0 0.17 11 500 5643 -14.4 -45.8 5 31.4 -18.7 302 90 315.5 315.6 287.4 316.0 0.13 12 450 6441 -15.8 -37.4 14 21.6 -19.6 305 108 323.4 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.34 13 400 7317 -22.2 -40.9 17 18.7 -24.8 306 109 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.27 14 350 8283 -30.1 -49.8 13 19.7 -31.8 306 111 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.11 15 300 9359 -39.1 -57.3 13 18.2 -40.0 308 114 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 16 250 10579 -50.1 -60.6 28 10.5 -50.4 299 113 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.04 17 200 11997 -60.7 -64.4 61 3.7 -60.7 296 113 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 18 150 13803 -59.3 -78.2 7 18.9 -59.5 282 82 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16323 -60.2 -84.8 3 24.7 -60.4 296 39 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5433.82 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.40 % Est. max temperature: 5.18 C = 41.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.67 mb = 2384.37 m = 7822.65 ft T: -3.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.86 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 666.60 mb = 3457.72 m = 11344.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.64 C = 40.35 F Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lifted Index: 14.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13642.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.77 mb = 3037.27 m = 9964.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.8 at 66.3 knts Storm direction: 333.8 at 49.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 6.4 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 432.5 neg: -36.0 tot: 396.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 387.71 m/s