MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 224 1 950 651 2 900 1097 3 850 1564 SFC 806 1989 1.4 -4.5 65 5.9 -1.1 271 7 292.0 292.6 282.1 301.9 3.39 5 800 2053 0.0 -5.1 68 5.2 -2.1 273 8 291.2 291.8 281.7 300.8 3.26 6 750 2565 -5.0 -6.4 89 1.5 -5.5 272 12 291.2 291.8 281.5 300.4 3.14 7 700 3103 -9.1 -9.7 96 0.5 -9.3 278 16 292.4 292.8 281.4 300.2 2.62 8 650 3675 -10.3 -19.9 45 9.6 -12.8 304 24 297.3 297.5 281.8 301.1 1.21 9 600 4288 -12.1 -35.2 13 23.1 -16.0 310 34 302.1 302.2 282.7 303.2 0.32 10 550 4956 -9.6 -36.7 9 27.1 -14.7 314 58 312.7 312.8 286.6 313.8 0.30 11 500 5690 -11.8 -41.4 7 29.6 -16.7 316 77 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.4 0.20 12 450 6488 -17.4 -45.9 6 28.5 -21.2 317 82 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.14 13 400 7358 -24.1 -44.0 14 19.9 -26.5 310 85 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.19 14 350 8316 -31.9 -42.8 33 10.9 -33.0 305 90 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.7 0.25 15 300 9385 -41.0 -51.9 30 10.9 -41.6 303 94 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.11 16 250 10599 -49.5 -58.6 34 9.1 -49.8 308 100 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.06 17 200 12029 -57.4 -65.9 33 8.5 -57.5 293 98 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 18 150 13833 -58.5 -78.3 6 19.8 -58.7 302 67 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16336 -63.2 -84.6 4 21.4 -63.4 290 39 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5466.45 m Freezing level: 799.58 mb = 2056.91 m = 6748.30 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.43 % Est. max temperature: 5.77 C = 42.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.64 mb = 2715.48 m = 8908.96 ft T: -6.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 1.04 C/km ThetaE index: 1.75 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.46 mb = 2856.40 m = 9371.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.26 C = 34.27 F Cap Strength: 13.23 C Lifted Index: 16.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13324.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.32 mb = 2814.89 m = 9235.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.8 at 52.8 knts Storm direction: 340.8 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 324.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 277.78 m/s