MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 21 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 212 1 950 644 2 900 1095 3 850 1567 SFC 807 1989 3.7 -5.6 51 9.3 -0.2 290 5 294.4 294.9 282.8 303.7 3.12 5 800 2061 3.4 -6.6 48 10.0 -0.7 290 6 294.7 295.3 282.8 303.4 2.91 6 750 2580 -1.5 -8.3 60 6.8 -4.1 283 10 295.0 295.4 282.7 303.1 2.72 7 700 3125 -4.9 -15.1 45 10.2 -8.1 286 17 297.1 297.4 282.3 302.3 1.68 8 650 3707 -5.0 -31.8 10 26.9 -10.7 315 25 303.4 303.4 283.3 304.7 0.41 9 600 4337 -3.8 -33.2 8 29.4 -10.4 324 38 311.8 311.8 286.4 313.1 0.39 10 550 5020 -7.2 -30.9 13 23.7 -12.7 317 46 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.4 0.53 11 500 5755 -12.6 -28.8 24 16.2 -16.3 312 53 317.7 317.9 288.8 320.2 0.71 12 450 6549 -18.1 -29.1 38 11.0 -20.4 309 59 320.5 320.7 289.8 323.3 0.77 13 400 7420 -23.4 -34.9 34 11.4 -25.3 309 67 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.49 14 350 8382 -31.1 -43.0 30 11.9 -32.3 304 72 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.25 15 300 9454 -39.9 -48.2 41 8.3 -40.5 317 80 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.16 16 250 10674 -49.1 -55.3 48 6.2 -49.3 318 91 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.08 17 200 12101 -59.7 -63.3 62 3.7 -59.7 313 89 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.04 18 150 13881 -63.2 -76.7 14 13.5 -63.3 290 75 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16356 -64.8 -83.5 6 18.7 -65.0 284 46 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5542.78 m Freezing level: 765.34 mb = 2420.80 m = 7942.15 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.08 % Est. max temperature: 11.29 C = 52.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.45 mb = 3142.25 m = 10309.08 ft T: -4.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.91 C/km ThetaE index: 1.40 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 481.64 mb = 6036.83 m = 19805.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Cap Strength: 13.90 C Lifted Index: 14.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12683.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.54 mb = 3545.03 m = 11630.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.4 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 340.4 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 163.11 m/s