MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 22 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 181 1 950 612 2 900 1062 3 850 1533 SFC 804 1989 1.4 -9.0 46 10.4 -2.5 107 3 292.3 292.7 281.1 299.5 2.41 5 800 2027 4.1 -9.4 36 13.6 -1.2 117 3 295.6 296.0 282.4 302.7 2.33 6 750 2554 5.5 -17.2 18 22.8 -2.3 194 4 302.6 302.8 284.1 306.8 1.32 7 700 3115 3.6 -23.8 11 27.4 -4.6 229 6 306.5 306.6 285.0 309.2 0.80 8 650 3713 0.8 -28.3 9 29.2 -6.9 247 7 309.9 310.0 286.0 311.9 0.57 9 600 4351 -3.1 -29.3 11 26.2 -9.6 252 9 312.5 312.6 286.9 314.5 0.56 10 550 5033 -7.7 -30.6 14 22.8 -13.0 262 13 314.9 315.0 287.7 316.8 0.55 11 500 5767 -12.8 -24.1 38 11.3 -15.7 270 20 317.5 317.7 289.1 321.2 1.09 12 450 6561 -19.1 -24.2 64 5.1 -20.3 267 25 319.2 319.5 289.8 323.4 1.20 13 400 7425 -25.7 -33.2 49 7.6 -26.9 262 29 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.58 14 350 8379 -33.1 -42.2 39 9.2 -34.0 261 35 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.27 15 300 9443 -41.2 -49.0 43 7.8 -41.6 250 43 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.15 16 250 10656 -50.6 -54.7 62 4.1 -50.8 249 55 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.09 17 200 12078 -59.1 -65.7 42 6.6 -59.2 249 54 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 18 150 13858 -63.8 -75.8 18 12.0 -63.9 261 48 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16342 -63.0 -83.8 4 20.8 -63.1 282 29 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.53 m Freezing level: 639.31 mb = 3849.61 m = 12629.79 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.06 % Est. max temperature: 17.75 C = 63.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.47 mb = 3308.19 m = 10853.52 ft T: 2.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 803.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 423.44 mb = 7007.17 m = 22989.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Cap Strength: 11.49 C Lifted Index: 12.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11055.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 546.39 mb = 5083.63 m = 16678.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 36.75 m/s