MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 235 1 950 662 2 900 1108 3 850 1574 SFC 807 1989 0.7 -7.2 55 7.9 -2.3 142 3 291.2 291.7 281.0 299.3 2.76 5 800 2063 0.9 -7.8 52 8.7 -2.5 159 3 292.1 292.6 281.3 300.0 2.65 6 750 2582 1.7 -16.2 25 17.9 -4.3 232 5 298.4 298.6 282.5 302.9 1.43 7 700 3138 2.7 -26.2 10 28.9 -5.3 273 14 305.5 305.6 284.4 307.7 0.65 8 650 3737 1.7 -28.8 8 30.5 -6.4 290 22 310.9 311.0 286.3 312.8 0.55 9 600 4377 -2.2 -29.7 10 27.5 -9.2 289 27 313.6 313.7 287.2 315.5 0.54 10 550 5061 -6.6 -26.9 18 20.2 -11.9 290 35 316.2 316.4 288.4 318.9 0.77 11 500 5799 -11.2 -31.2 17 20.0 -15.6 289 41 319.4 319.6 289.2 321.5 0.57 12 450 6599 -16.7 -34.7 19 18.1 -20.0 288 42 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.44 13 400 7471 -23.8 -31.9 47 8.1 -25.2 283 45 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.5 0.66 14 350 8430 -31.4 -36.6 60 5.2 -32.1 280 47 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.2 0.48 15 300 9502 -40.0 -42.9 74 2.9 -40.2 271 51 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.29 16 250 10720 -49.5 -54.4 57 4.9 -49.7 269 55 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.09 17 200 12145 -60.0 -63.8 61 3.8 -60.0 263 57 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.04 18 150 13907 -67.0 -73.5 39 6.5 -67.0 266 48 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16362 -65.2 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.4 278 31 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.38 m Freezing level: 627.96 mb = 4018.80 m = 13184.89 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.77 % Est. max temperature: 18.53 C = 65.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.59 mb = 2983.29 m = 9787.58 ft T: 2.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 807.4- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 416.11 mb = 7178.46 m = 23551.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Cap Strength: 14.62 C Lifted Index: 15.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12054.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 587.97 mb = 4535.93 m = 14881.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 137.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 124.49 m/s