MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 201 1 950 634 2 900 1085 3 850 1557 SFC 806 1989 4.9 -5.3 48 10.2 0.5 279 10 295.8 296.4 283.5 305.4 3.20 5 800 2052 3.2 -6.2 50 9.4 -0.7 279 11 294.6 295.1 282.8 303.5 3.01 6 750 2569 -2.2 -7.7 66 5.6 -4.3 275 15 294.2 294.7 282.5 302.7 2.84 7 700 3112 -7.1 -9.1 85 2.1 -7.8 276 16 294.6 295.1 282.5 302.8 2.73 8 650 3688 -8.1 -28.3 18 20.2 -12.5 303 24 299.8 299.9 282.0 301.7 0.57 9 600 4310 -6.3 -35.9 7 29.6 -12.1 323 41 308.8 308.9 285.2 309.9 0.30 10 550 4991 -6.5 -38.6 6 32.1 -12.8 323 56 316.4 316.4 287.8 317.3 0.25 11 500 5728 -11.7 -37.0 10 25.3 -16.4 319 59 318.8 318.9 288.7 320.0 0.32 12 450 6525 -17.9 -37.4 16 19.5 -21.1 314 64 320.8 320.8 289.3 322.0 0.34 13 400 7395 -24.1 -38.2 26 14.1 -26.1 310 74 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.35 14 350 8354 -31.5 -46.4 22 14.8 -32.9 316 80 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.17 15 300 9424 -40.4 -51.8 28 11.4 -41.1 314 88 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.11 16 250 10639 -50.3 -58.2 39 7.8 -50.5 309 93 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.06 17 200 12065 -59.0 -62.6 63 3.6 -59.0 304 92 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 18 150 13852 -61.4 -76.6 12 15.2 -61.6 288 80 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16340 -63.2 -84.3 4 21.0 -63.4 293 46 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5526.92 m Freezing level: 770.13 mb = 2360.76 m = 7745.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 803.42 mb = 2016.82 m = 6616.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.45 % Est. max temperature: 8.09 C = 46.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.30 mb = 3243.01 m = 10639.67 ft T: -7.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 1.75 C/km ThetaE index: 2.62 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 488.77 mb = 5900.20 m = 19357.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Cap Strength: 14.66 C Lifted Index: 15.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12357.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.16 mb = 3267.13 m = 10718.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.1 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 343.1 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 183.58 m/s