MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 235 1 950 659 2 900 1102 3 850 1565 SFC 804 2011 -1.1 -4.2 79 3.1 -2.4 210 5 289.6 290.2 281.2 299.7 3.49 5 800 2051 -1.7 -4.3 82 2.6 -2.8 211 6 289.4 290.0 281.1 299.4 3.47 6 750 2561 -5.2 -6.7 89 1.5 -5.8 246 13 290.9 291.5 281.3 300.0 3.09 7 700 3101 -7.5 -13.7 61 6.2 -9.4 289 17 294.2 294.5 281.3 300.0 1.89 8 650 3675 -10.3 -22.0 38 11.7 -13.2 316 20 297.3 297.5 281.5 300.5 1.01 9 600 4289 -11.1 -40.5 7 29.4 -15.6 316 37 303.3 303.3 283.0 304.0 0.19 10 550 4958 -9.7 -41.4 6 31.7 -15.0 309 65 312.6 312.6 286.5 313.3 0.19 11 500 5693 -11.3 -31.5 17 20.2 -15.7 308 78 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.55 12 450 6491 -17.0 -29.7 32 12.8 -19.7 309 84 321.9 322.0 290.1 324.5 0.72 13 400 7368 -21.7 -38.7 20 17.0 -24.2 304 91 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.1 0.34 14 350 8335 -29.8 -47.7 16 17.8 -31.5 303 89 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.15 15 300 9411 -39.6 -53.5 21 14.0 -40.3 303 91 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.09 16 250 10629 -49.8 -54.5 57 4.7 -50.0 300 106 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.09 17 200 12053 -59.6 -65.3 47 5.7 -59.6 302 98 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 18 150 13841 -61.4 -77.1 11 15.7 -61.6 282 82 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16346 -62.2 -84.4 4 22.2 -62.4 288 32 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5458.21 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.30 % Est. max temperature: 5.91 C = 42.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.92 mb = 2395.38 m = 7858.76 ft T: -4.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 1.47 C/km ThetaE index: 0.29 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.91 mb = 3338.03 m = 10951.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.46 C = 40.02 F Cap Strength: 13.59 C Lifted Index: 17.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14208.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.61 mb = 2863.30 m = 9393.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.1 at 54.9 knts Storm direction: 336.1 at 41.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 6.3 tot: 11.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.9 neg: -15.5 tot: 296.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 375.86 m/s