MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.85,-112.91 Latitude: 41.85 Longitude: -112.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 574 2 900 1027 SFC 853 1476 6.6 -0.8 59 7.4 3.1 233 4 292.8 293.6 283.5 305.2 4.24 4 850 1502 9.4 -1.7 46 11.1 4.1 251 6 295.9 296.7 284.5 307.7 3.97 5 800 2004 7.8 -4.3 42 12.1 2.3 277 15 299.5 300.1 285.3 310.0 3.47 6 750 2531 3.6 -7.5 44 11.1 -1.0 300 25 300.5 301.0 285.1 309.3 2.89 7 700 3088 1.1 -17.1 24 18.2 -5.0 309 37 303.7 303.9 284.7 308.2 1.42 8 650 3680 -1.9 -18.6 27 16.7 -7.2 315 38 306.8 307.1 285.8 311.2 1.35 9 600 4312 -5.7 -19.7 32 14.0 -9.9 318 40 309.5 309.8 286.7 313.9 1.33 10 550 4989 -8.8 -24.6 27 15.8 -13.0 317 48 313.6 313.8 287.7 316.8 0.94 11 500 5723 -11.7 -34.3 13 22.6 -16.2 314 58 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.3 0.42 12 450 6522 -16.9 -31.9 26 15.0 -19.9 314 66 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.1 0.58 13 400 7393 -24.3 -33.2 43 8.9 -25.8 319 66 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.58 14 350 8350 -32.2 -35.1 76 2.8 -32.6 321 70 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.3 0.55 15 300 9416 -41.6 -43.7 81 2.0 -41.8 328 80 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.27 16 250 10632 -48.8 -57.3 37 8.5 -49.1 333 83 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.07 17 200 12065 -56.1 -66.1 27 10.1 -56.2 309 75 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13887 -58.2 -79.9 5 21.7 -58.4 321 57 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16388 -64.8 -84.2 5 19.4 -64.9 314 29 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.86 m Freezing level: 681.97 mb = 3301.74 m = 10832.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 765.49 mb = 2364.22 m = 7756.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.17 % Est. max temperature: 16.82 C = 62.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.97 mb = 2412.66 m = 7915.46 ft T: 4.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 1.74 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 538.87 mb = 5146.67 m = 16885.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Cap Strength: 8.48 C Lifted Index: 11.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.47 C Showalter Index: 12.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 9.99 C K Index: 1.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11690.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.96 mb = 3426.83 m = 11242.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.3 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 343.3 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 282.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 190.55 m/s