MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 45.67,-113.28 Latitude: 45.67 Longitude: -113.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 243 1 950 664 2 900 1104 3 850 1563 4 800 2045 SFC 783 2217 -5.5 -8.3 81 2.8 -6.5 210 4 287.0 287.5 278.9 294.6 2.61 6 750 2558 0.3 -13.2 35 13.5 -4.4 237 8 296.9 297.2 282.4 302.6 1.84 7 700 3112 -0.3 -15.8 30 15.5 -5.5 277 21 302.2 302.5 284.2 307.2 1.60 8 650 3701 -3.5 -15.7 38 12.2 -7.6 289 31 305.0 305.3 285.5 310.6 1.73 9 600 4328 -7.7 -14.9 56 7.2 -10.1 293 37 307.3 307.6 286.6 313.7 2.01 10 550 5001 -11.3 -14.4 78 3.1 -12.3 295 39 310.7 311.1 288.1 318.0 2.27 11 500 5727 -15.2 -19.1 72 3.9 -16.3 288 49 314.5 314.9 288.8 320.1 1.68 12 450 6515 -20.6 -22.5 84 1.9 -21.0 289 61 317.4 317.7 289.4 322.1 1.40 13 400 7378 -25.2 -30.8 59 5.6 -26.2 293 72 322.2 322.4 290.2 324.8 0.73 14 350 8333 -32.5 -35.7 73 3.2 -32.9 292 77 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.8 0.52 15 300 9401 -40.6 -42.6 80 2.1 -40.8 291 88 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.30 16 250 10616 -50.5 -52.4 81 1.8 -50.6 287 93 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.12 17 200 12040 -59.1 -64.1 52 5.0 -59.2 284 91 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.03 18 150 13817 -63.3 -76.8 14 13.5 -63.4 286 63 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16307 -63.6 -84.9 4 21.3 -63.8 289 37 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5483.45 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 751.71 mb = 2540.58 m = 8335.14 ft Freezing level: 724.23 mb = 2843.54 m = 9329.09 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.53 % Est. max temperature: 11.94 C = 53.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.18 mb = 2567.22 m = 8422.54 ft T: 0.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 782.7-4584246774848121097682944.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 465.23 mb = 6265.69 m = 20556.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.95 C = 71.51 F Cap Strength: 9.60 C Lifted Index: 11.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12530.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 600.39 mb = 4323.37 m = 14184.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.9 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 319.9 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 228.18 m/s