MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 138 1 950 572 2 900 1028 3 850 1507 SFC 802 1989 10.8 -8.4 25 19.3 2.5 179 4 302.5 302.9 285.4 310.3 2.52 5 800 2012 9.8 -9.4 25 19.3 1.8 177 4 301.6 302.1 284.9 308.9 2.33 6 750 2542 5.6 -11.9 27 17.6 -1.2 194 6 302.7 303.1 284.9 309.1 2.04 7 700 3104 3.1 -13.0 30 16.1 -3.0 227 12 305.9 306.3 286.1 312.3 2.01 8 650 3700 -0.2 -18.1 25 17.8 -6.1 240 12 308.7 309.0 286.5 313.3 1.42 9 600 4336 -3.9 -20.4 27 16.5 -9.0 243 11 311.6 311.8 287.3 315.8 1.26 10 550 5016 -8.5 -23.2 29 14.7 -12.5 243 12 314.0 314.2 288.0 317.7 1.08 11 500 5748 -13.7 -30.0 24 16.3 -17.2 236 12 316.3 316.4 288.2 318.5 0.63 12 450 6539 -19.6 -35.1 24 15.4 -22.2 234 10 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.43 13 400 7401 -26.3 -38.3 31 12.0 -27.9 234 14 320.8 320.8 289.4 322.0 0.35 14 350 8351 -34.0 -40.3 53 6.3 -34.7 230 18 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.33 15 300 9412 -42.2 -46.6 62 4.4 -42.5 236 27 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.19 16 250 10615 -53.0 -53.4 96 0.4 -53.0 239 18 327.2 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.11 17 200 12031 -58.8 -66.7 35 7.9 -58.9 231 25 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.02 18 150 13828 -60.9 -77.8 9 17.0 -61.0 247 32 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16328 -63.5 -84.0 5 20.6 -63.6 265 31 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.77 m Freezing level: 653.49 mb = 3658.26 m = 12002.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.66 mb = 2329.45 m = 7642.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.90 % Est. max temperature: 16.57 C = 61.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 597.02 mb = 4374.55 m = 14352.04 ft T: -4.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 1.41 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 469.73 mb = 6216.47 m = 20394.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.11 C = 77.20 F Cap Strength: 8.50 C Lifted Index: 8.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10484.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 570.80 mb = 4725.71 m = 15504.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 10.00 m/s