MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 174 1 950 605 2 900 1055 3 850 1526 SFC 813 1888 3.6 -8.3 41 11.9 -1.1 91 2 293.6 294.1 281.8 301.2 2.50 5 800 2021 5.3 -10.5 31 15.8 -0.8 131 3 296.8 297.2 282.7 303.4 2.14 6 750 2549 6.0 -16.0 19 21.9 -1.8 191 6 303.1 303.3 284.5 307.8 1.47 7 700 3111 4.1 -19.4 16 23.5 -3.7 220 8 307.0 307.2 285.7 310.9 1.17 8 650 3710 1.4 -26.9 10 28.3 -6.4 221 7 310.6 310.7 286.3 312.8 0.65 9 600 4349 -2.7 -26.9 14 24.2 -9.2 221 6 313.0 313.2 287.2 315.5 0.70 10 550 5032 -7.6 -26.0 21 18.4 -12.3 233 8 315.1 315.3 288.1 318.0 0.84 11 500 5766 -12.9 -25.8 33 12.9 -16.1 240 10 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.6 0.93 12 450 6560 -18.9 -27.6 46 8.7 -20.8 246 7 319.5 319.6 289.5 322.5 0.88 13 400 7425 -25.5 -34.1 44 8.6 -26.9 243 4 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.53 14 350 8378 -33.1 -40.4 48 7.4 -33.8 250 9 324.2 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.32 15 300 9443 -41.5 -47.2 54 5.7 -41.9 249 19 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.18 16 250 10652 -51.3 -53.3 79 2.0 -51.4 249 25 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.11 17 200 12075 -59.1 -62.5 65 3.4 -59.2 243 33 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 18 150 13856 -62.9 -76.5 14 13.6 -63.0 249 29 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16342 -64.1 -83.6 5 19.4 -64.3 264 28 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.50 m Freezing level: 632.67 mb = 3931.51 m = 12898.49 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.36 % Est. max temperature: 18.67 C = 65.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.27 mb = 3401.82 m = 11160.70 ft T: 2.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 813.1- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 436.33 mb = 6786.36 m = 22264.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Cap Strength: 11.43 C Lifted Index: 11.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11489.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 562.86 mb = 4850.63 m = 15913.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 19.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.81 Bulk Shear: 6.87 m/s