MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 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 165 1 950 599 2 900 1054 3 850 1533 SFC 802 2011 10.3 -9.6 24 19.9 2.0 190 6 301.9 302.3 284.9 309.0 2.29 5 800 2036 9.2 -10.9 23 20.0 1.1 189 6 300.9 301.3 284.4 307.4 2.09 6 750 2565 4.1 -12.9 28 17.1 -2.2 200 10 301.1 301.4 284.2 307.0 1.88 7 700 3125 3.3 -19.5 17 22.8 -4.1 243 17 306.1 306.3 285.3 309.9 1.16 8 650 3723 1.4 -15.5 27 16.9 -4.8 262 23 310.5 310.8 287.5 316.2 1.76 9 600 4363 -1.9 -13.7 40 11.7 -6.4 265 25 313.9 314.3 289.1 321.1 2.22 10 550 5049 -6.4 -18.0 39 11.6 -10.2 264 27 316.5 316.8 289.4 322.1 1.68 11 500 5787 -11.7 -20.6 47 9.0 -14.3 262 29 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.8 1.48 12 450 6585 -17.6 -23.7 59 6.1 -19.1 261 31 321.2 321.4 290.4 325.5 1.26 13 400 7455 -23.9 -29.5 60 5.5 -25.0 252 36 323.9 324.1 290.8 326.8 0.83 14 350 8415 -31.2 -37.0 57 5.8 -32.0 236 43 326.7 326.7 291.2 328.4 0.46 15 300 9487 -40.1 -46.3 51 6.2 -40.5 239 44 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.20 16 250 10706 -49.8 -52.1 76 2.3 -49.8 243 50 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.12 17 200 12128 -60.2 -60.9 91 0.7 -60.2 242 47 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13901 -63.9 -74.8 21 10.9 -64.0 251 42 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16374 -65.4 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.5 259 29 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.61 m Freezing level: 629.39 mb = 3986.87 m = 13080.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.04 mb = 2211.83 m = 7256.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.04 % Est. max temperature: 18.20 C = 64.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 590.88 mb = 4484.06 m = 14711.29 ft T: -2.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 2.04 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 426.95 mb = 6973.16 m = 22877.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Cap Strength: 11.79 C Lifted Index: 12.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10380.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 558.91 mb = 4922.53 m = 16149.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 69.82 m/s