MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 2 NOV 25 Station: 41.21,-111.85 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -111.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 222 1 950 655 2 900 1108 3 850 1582 SFC 841 1668 7.2 -2.0 52 9.2 2.9 310 2 294.5 295.2 283.8 306.1 3.91 5 800 2079 4.9 -4.4 51 9.3 0.8 4 3 296.3 297.0 284.0 306.6 3.44 6 750 2602 1.6 -8.4 47 10.0 -2.4 10 5 298.3 298.8 284.0 306.6 2.71 7 700 3155 -1.0 -14.7 34 13.7 -5.7 2 18 301.4 301.7 284.1 306.9 1.74 8 650 3744 -3.3 -27.6 13 24.3 -9.3 352 34 305.2 305.3 284.3 307.3 0.61 9 600 4374 -5.0 -30.1 12 25.1 -10.9 353 43 310.3 310.4 286.1 312.1 0.52 10 550 5054 -8.0 -25.0 24 17.0 -12.5 358 48 314.6 314.7 288.0 317.7 0.91 11 500 5787 -12.8 -23.8 39 11.0 -15.7 358 56 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.3 1.12 12 450 6583 -17.4 -25.6 49 8.2 -19.4 348 65 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.1 1.06 13 400 7456 -22.6 -29.4 54 6.8 -23.9 347 78 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.6 0.84 14 350 8424 -28.6 -40.2 32 11.6 -30.0 350 83 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.5 0.33 15 300 9511 -36.7 -47.9 31 11.2 -37.6 353 88 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.17 16 250 10743 -47.7 -51.9 62 4.2 -47.9 356 94 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 17 200 12176 -59.3 -62.9 62 3.7 -59.3 340 90 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 18 150 13934 -65.9 -72.6 39 6.6 -66.0 343 91 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16414 -64.1 -84.2 5 20.0 -64.3 353 46 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5565.03 m Freezing level: 718.87 mb = 2946.54 m = 9667.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.65 mb = 2205.46 m = 7235.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.66 % Est. max temperature: 14.32 C = 57.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.15 mb = 2817.30 m = 9243.00 ft T: 0.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 0.04 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.36 mb = 5450.27 m = 17881.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Cap Strength: 10.94 C Lifted Index: 11.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11953.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.12 mb = 3360.67 m = 11025.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.7 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 22.7 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 5.9 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.2 neg: -9.9 tot: 145.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 201.79 m/s