MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.44,-111.65 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -111.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 1 950 609 2 900 1053 3 850 1518 SFC 802 1989 -0.7 -3.5 81 2.8 -1.9 270 12 290.3 290.9 281.8 301.0 3.69 5 800 2006 -0.7 -3.5 81 2.8 -1.9 272 15 290.4 291.0 281.8 301.1 3.68 6 750 2517 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 276 30 291.1 291.7 281.7 301.0 3.38 7 700 3056 -7.9 -11.1 78 3.2 -8.9 287 38 293.7 294.2 281.7 300.8 2.34 8 650 3629 -11.2 -18.1 57 6.9 -13.1 298 36 296.3 296.5 281.6 300.7 1.41 9 600 4237 -16.0 -23.2 54 7.2 -17.6 304 37 297.6 297.8 281.7 300.7 0.99 10 550 4886 -20.6 -28.6 49 8.0 -22.0 306 40 299.6 299.8 282.1 301.8 0.66 11 500 5588 -21.9 -43.8 12 21.9 -24.3 299 55 306.3 306.4 284.1 306.9 0.16 12 450 6365 -20.8 -55.6 3 34.8 -23.9 301 96 317.1 317.1 287.8 317.3 0.05 13 400 7230 -24.1 -53.6 5 29.6 -26.7 304 110 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.06 14 350 8194 -29.8 -53.0 9 23.1 -31.7 315 118 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.08 15 300 9272 -38.5 -55.4 15 16.9 -39.4 305 116 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.07 16 250 10499 -46.9 -60.2 21 13.3 -47.3 297 122 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.05 17 200 11953 -55.0 -66.7 22 11.7 -55.2 294 111 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13765 -58.7 -79.1 6 20.4 -58.9 285 87 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16311 -58.7 -85.1 2 26.4 -59.0 303 36 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5404.71 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.84 % Est. max temperature: 4.89 C = 40.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.17 mb = 2337.61 m = 7669.22 ft T: -3.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 0.40 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2836.74 m = 9306.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.57 C = 34.83 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 6.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13867.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.66 mb = 2710.35 m = 8892.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 61.6 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 46.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.7 neg: -17.0 tot: 277.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 249.11 m/s