MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.28,-111.78 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -111.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 1 950 615 2 900 1067 3 850 1541 SFC 815 1889 4.0 -6.5 46 10.6 -0.3 156 1 293.9 294.4 282.4 302.5 2.88 5 800 2039 6.4 -7.5 36 13.9 0.6 203 2 298.0 298.4 283.9 306.2 2.72 6 750 2567 5.5 -15.4 21 20.9 -2.0 235 4 302.5 302.8 284.4 307.5 1.54 7 700 3129 4.3 -24.8 10 29.0 -4.3 251 11 307.2 307.3 285.2 309.7 0.73 8 650 3728 1.4 -29.3 8 30.7 -6.6 265 15 310.6 310.7 286.2 312.4 0.52 9 600 4367 -2.5 -31.0 9 28.6 -9.4 269 19 313.3 313.4 287.1 315.0 0.48 10 550 5051 -7.2 -29.8 15 22.6 -12.6 271 23 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.6 0.59 11 500 5785 -12.7 -28.1 26 15.4 -16.3 272 28 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.2 0.76 12 450 6580 -18.4 -27.0 46 8.7 -20.3 271 32 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.4 0.93 13 400 7448 -24.8 -31.4 54 6.6 -25.9 271 37 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.69 14 350 8404 -32.2 -38.4 54 6.2 -32.9 269 42 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.40 15 300 9472 -40.8 -47.6 48 6.8 -41.3 264 47 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.17 16 250 10688 -49.9 -56.0 49 6.1 -50.1 260 56 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 17 200 12114 -58.7 -65.8 40 7.0 -58.8 258 62 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.03 18 150 13893 -64.7 -74.8 24 10.1 -64.8 263 57 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16356 -65.4 -83.3 7 17.8 -65.6 277 38 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.23 m Freezing level: 631.56 mb = 3963.64 m = 13003.92 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.31 % Est. max temperature: 18.79 C = 65.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.54 mb = 3227.12 m = 10587.55 ft T: 3.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 814.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 443.26 mb = 6691.21 m = 21952.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 11.47 C Lifted Index: 11.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.52 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11014.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 575.13 mb = 4699.70 m = 15418.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.7 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 298.7 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 56.12 m/s