MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 246 1 950 672 2 900 1116 3 850 1580 SFC 808 1989 -1.4 -6.6 68 5.2 -3.4 148 4 288.9 289.4 280.1 297.3 2.89 5 800 2067 0.2 -6.9 59 7.1 -2.6 164 4 291.4 291.9 281.3 299.8 2.84 6 750 2584 -0.8 -11.5 44 10.7 -4.6 235 4 295.7 296.1 282.3 302.2 2.12 7 700 3136 1.0 -23.7 14 24.7 -6.0 286 12 303.6 303.7 283.9 306.2 0.80 8 650 3732 1.4 -25.8 11 27.2 -6.3 303 22 310.6 310.7 286.4 313.0 0.72 9 600 4371 -2.7 -29.5 11 26.7 -9.5 305 34 312.9 313.0 287.1 314.9 0.56 10 550 5054 -7.4 -24.2 25 16.7 -12.1 305 39 315.3 315.4 288.3 318.6 0.99 11 500 5790 -11.3 -25.3 31 13.9 -15.0 296 43 319.2 319.4 289.6 322.6 0.98 12 450 6591 -16.0 -35.3 17 19.3 -19.6 297 49 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.7 0.42 13 400 7467 -22.5 -39.2 20 16.7 -24.9 294 56 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.9 0.32 14 350 8431 -30.3 -42.4 30 12.0 -31.6 294 59 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.26 15 300 9506 -39.4 -45.7 51 6.3 -39.9 291 63 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.21 16 250 10729 -48.4 -58.1 32 9.7 -48.8 288 66 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.06 17 200 12162 -58.9 -66.1 39 7.2 -59.0 279 66 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 18 150 13925 -66.9 -74.8 32 7.9 -67.0 279 55 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16369 -65.2 -83.2 7 18.0 -65.4 298 33 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.07 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 801.07 mb = 2056.62 m = 6747.38 ft Freezing level: 788.82 mb = 2182.92 m = 7161.71 ft Freezing level: 727.86 mb = 2828.36 m = 9279.29 ft Freezing level: 633.00 mb = 3949.51 m = 12957.56 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.85 % Est. max temperature: 17.95 C = 64.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.01 mb = 2637.61 m = 8653.47 ft T: -0.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 807.8- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 431.45 mb = 6903.98 m = 22650.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.14 F Cap Strength: 14.34 C Lifted Index: 16.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13278.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.67 mb = 3948.01 m = 12952.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.2 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 327.2 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 169.47 m/s