MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 217 1 950 647 2 900 1096 3 850 1566 SFC 805 2011 3.8 -5.8 50 9.5 -0.3 241 7 294.7 295.2 283.0 303.9 3.08 5 800 2059 2.0 -6.4 54 8.4 -1.4 241 7 293.3 293.8 282.2 302.1 2.96 6 750 2574 -3.3 -7.6 72 4.3 -5.0 248 7 293.0 293.5 282.0 301.5 2.88 7 700 3115 -7.1 -13.2 62 6.1 -9.1 280 10 294.6 295.0 281.6 300.6 1.97 8 650 3693 -7.3 -33.5 10 26.1 -12.4 307 19 300.7 300.7 282.1 301.9 0.35 9 600 4316 -6.7 -37.9 6 31.2 -12.5 308 41 308.4 308.4 285.0 309.2 0.24 10 550 4995 -7.4 -26.9 19 19.5 -12.3 304 58 315.4 315.5 288.1 318.0 0.77 11 500 5730 -12.0 -20.5 49 8.5 -14.6 303 66 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.4 1.49 12 450 6531 -15.0 -28.5 31 13.5 -18.1 305 81 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.3 0.81 13 400 7410 -21.9 -34.0 33 12.1 -24.0 302 82 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.5 0.54 14 350 8376 -30.2 -39.2 41 9.0 -31.3 297 79 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.4 0.36 15 300 9451 -39.7 -46.8 47 7.1 -40.2 295 78 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.19 16 250 10669 -49.7 -54.4 57 4.7 -49.9 293 88 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.09 17 200 12096 -59.4 -65.7 44 6.3 -59.5 297 89 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.03 18 150 13870 -64.1 -75.2 21 11.0 -64.2 284 80 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16359 -63.2 -83.9 4 20.7 -63.4 285 36 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5513.31 m Freezing level: 781.08 mb = 2253.75 m = 7394.11 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.09 % Est. max temperature: 8.86 C = 47.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.03 mb = 3181.74 m = 10438.67 ft T: -7.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 1.89 C/km ThetaE index: 3.25 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 456.84 mb = 6416.74 m = 21052.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Cap Strength: 14.77 C Lifted Index: 15.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12685.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.71 mb = 3253.03 m = 10672.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 4.8 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 203.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 282.85 m/s