MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 194 1 950 627 2 900 1081 3 850 1556 SFC 807 1989 8.1 -8.4 30 16.5 1.3 205 3 299.1 299.6 284.1 306.8 2.51 5 800 2056 6.6 -9.3 31 15.9 0.2 204 2 298.2 298.6 283.5 305.4 2.35 6 750 2581 2.6 -13.5 29 16.2 -3.1 227 4 299.4 299.7 283.4 305.0 1.79 7 700 3139 3.6 -26.6 9 30.2 -4.8 270 13 306.5 306.6 284.8 308.6 0.62 8 650 3739 1.8 -29.3 8 31.1 -6.4 280 21 311.0 311.1 286.3 312.8 0.52 9 600 4378 -2.0 -32.6 8 30.5 -9.3 280 26 313.8 313.8 287.2 315.2 0.41 10 550 5063 -6.6 -29.1 15 22.5 -12.1 282 31 316.2 316.4 288.2 318.4 0.63 11 500 5800 -11.4 -30.0 20 18.6 -15.6 284 35 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.4 0.63 12 450 6599 -17.1 -33.9 22 16.8 -20.2 280 36 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.6 0.48 13 400 7471 -23.7 -29.4 59 5.8 -24.8 272 43 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.2 0.83 14 350 8431 -31.8 -32.6 93 0.8 -31.9 265 46 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.4 0.71 15 300 9500 -40.5 -42.1 85 1.6 -40.6 263 48 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.4 0.31 16 250 10716 -50.1 -54.3 62 4.1 -50.3 259 53 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 17 200 12139 -60.0 -62.2 76 2.2 -60.0 264 52 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 18 150 13901 -65.9 -74.0 31 8.1 -66.0 267 51 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16364 -64.6 -83.3 6 18.7 -64.7 275 31 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.43 m Freezing level: 626.51 mb = 4039.16 m = 13251.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 797.07 mb = 2085.95 m = 6843.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.40 % Est. max temperature: 18.73 C = 65.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 625.14 mb = 4050.28 m = 13288.15 ft T: -0.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 1.80 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 420.70 mb = 7097.71 m = 23286.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Cap Strength: 12.77 C Lifted Index: 13.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12060.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 570.08 mb = 4781.04 m = 15685.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.2 neg: -1.3 tot: 93.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 89.46 m/s