MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 181 1 950 611 2 900 1060 3 850 1530 SFC 813 1888 1.4 -9.4 44 10.8 -2.6 116 2 291.2 291.7 280.5 298.1 2.29 5 800 2024 5.0 -10.8 31 15.8 -1.0 146 3 296.5 296.8 282.5 302.9 2.09 6 750 2552 5.8 -17.2 17 23.0 -2.1 196 5 302.8 303.1 284.2 307.1 1.32 7 700 3113 4.0 -22.4 13 26.4 -4.1 230 6 306.9 307.1 285.3 310.0 0.91 8 650 3712 1.4 -27.2 10 28.6 -6.4 263 6 310.6 310.7 286.3 312.8 0.63 9 600 4351 -2.6 -24.0 18 21.4 -8.8 279 7 313.1 313.3 287.5 316.2 0.92 10 550 5035 -7.5 -25.1 23 17.6 -12.2 275 10 315.2 315.4 288.2 318.3 0.90 11 500 5769 -12.6 -25.9 32 13.3 -15.9 275 13 317.6 317.8 289.0 320.8 0.93 12 450 6564 -18.4 -28.8 40 10.3 -20.6 281 15 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.9 0.79 13 400 7431 -25.1 -34.3 42 9.3 -26.6 292 16 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.3 0.52 14 350 8386 -32.7 -40.4 46 7.7 -33.6 281 20 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.32 15 300 9452 -41.1 -48.8 43 7.7 -41.5 267 31 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.15 16 250 10665 -50.5 -55.1 58 4.6 -50.7 255 43 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.09 17 200 12087 -59.4 -62.5 67 3.1 -59.5 255 45 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 18 150 13866 -63.6 -75.7 18 12.1 -63.7 267 35 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16338 -64.4 -83.3 6 18.9 -64.6 262 26 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.74 m Freezing level: 632.30 mb = 3938.54 m = 12921.56 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.53 % Est. max temperature: 18.67 C = 65.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.64 mb = 3269.16 m = 10725.45 ft T: 3.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 813.4- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 422.71 mb = 7024.47 m = 23045.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Cap Strength: 12.02 C Lifted Index: 12.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.64 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11230.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 557.02 mb = 4934.97 m = 16190.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.6 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 304.6 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 24.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.70 Bulk Shear: 18.40 m/s