MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 42.25,-111.65 Latitude: 42.25 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 114 1 950 549 2 900 1004 3 850 1483 4 800 1988 SFC 798 2006 8.8 -4.7 38 13.5 2.7 224 2 300.7 301.4 285.7 311.0 3.38 6 750 2521 6.9 -9.9 29 16.8 -0.0 227 4 304.0 304.5 285.9 311.5 2.39 7 700 3084 3.2 -11.7 32 15.0 -2.6 238 9 306.1 306.5 286.4 313.1 2.22 8 650 3680 -0.4 -15.1 32 14.7 -5.6 248 13 308.6 308.9 286.9 314.5 1.83 9 600 4315 -4.2 -22.0 24 17.8 -9.5 243 15 311.2 311.4 287.1 314.9 1.09 10 550 4995 -9.1 -24.7 27 15.6 -13.2 239 13 313.3 313.5 287.6 316.5 0.94 11 500 5724 -14.9 -24.5 44 9.6 -17.3 238 10 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.4 1.05 12 450 6510 -21.3 -23.2 84 1.9 -21.8 234 5 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.9 1.31 13 400 7369 -26.8 -27.2 96 0.4 -26.9 194 10 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.8 1.03 14 350 8319 -34.0 -34.0 100 -0.0 -34.0 219 14 322.8 323.0 290.3 325.0 0.61 15 300 9377 -43.5 -43.5 100 -0.0 -43.5 220 8 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.1 0.27 16 250 10576 -53.0 -53.9 90 0.9 -53.1 100 7 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.6 0.10 17 200 11997 -56.3 -68.7 20 12.4 -56.5 220 14 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13811 -59.2 -78.6 6 19.4 -59.4 253 24 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16324 -62.9 -84.2 4 21.3 -63.1 266 28 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.77 m Freezing level: 655.05 mb = 3619.85 m = 11876.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.70 mb = 2513.55 m = 8246.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.76 % Est. max temperature: 16.23 C = 61.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.71 mb = 3695.85 m = 12125.36 ft T: -0.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 798.3- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 508.59 mb = 5593.25 m = 18350.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.80 C = 71.23 F Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lifted Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9021.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 588.26 mb = 4469.60 m = 14663.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.26 Bulk Shear: 5.71 m/s