MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-111.41 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -111.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 544 2 900 1001 3 850 1483 4 800 1991 SFC 784 2158 12.7 -7.7 23 20.4 3.5 220 3 306.5 307.0 287.1 315.0 2.73 6 750 2528 8.3 -9.7 27 18.1 0.7 225 4 305.6 306.1 286.5 313.3 2.43 7 700 3092 3.2 -10.9 35 14.1 -2.4 234 6 306.0 306.5 286.6 313.6 2.38 8 650 3688 -0.8 -14.7 34 13.9 -5.8 250 12 308.1 308.4 286.8 314.1 1.88 9 600 4323 -4.1 -22.9 22 18.8 -9.5 252 12 311.4 311.6 287.0 314.8 1.01 10 550 5003 -8.6 -28.8 18 20.2 -13.3 246 12 313.9 314.0 287.5 316.2 0.64 11 500 5734 -14.1 -30.2 24 16.1 -17.5 232 12 315.8 315.9 288.1 318.0 0.62 12 450 6523 -20.4 -31.1 38 10.6 -22.4 220 11 317.5 317.7 288.6 319.8 0.64 13 400 7383 -27.2 -34.1 52 6.9 -28.2 229 7 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.6 0.54 14 350 8332 -33.6 -34.3 93 0.7 -33.7 212 12 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.60 15 300 9393 -42.6 -43.7 88 1.2 -42.7 219 16 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.3 0.26 16 250 10594 -53.6 -53.8 99 0.1 -53.7 212 18 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.7 0.10 17 200 12009 -57.7 -67.3 28 9.6 -57.8 221 22 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 18 150 13814 -59.8 -78.5 7 18.7 -60.0 247 29 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16322 -62.8 -84.2 4 21.4 -63.0 262 31 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.12 m Freezing level: 659.79 mb = 3571.37 m = 11716.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.58 mb = 2653.89 m = 8706.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.04 % Est. max temperature: 15.19 C = 59.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 574.09 mb = 4667.87 m = 15314.35 ft T: -6.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 493.95 mb = 5824.93 m = 19110.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.66 C = 70.98 F Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lifted Index: 5.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8610.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 565.40 mb = 4787.09 m = 15705.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 4.67 m/s