MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z 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 138 1 950 573 2 900 1029 3 850 1507 SFC 812 1888 11.0 -8.5 25 19.4 2.7 172 3 301.6 302.0 285.0 309.3 2.48 5 800 2011 9.6 -10.2 24 19.7 1.5 174 3 301.3 301.7 284.7 308.2 2.20 6 750 2543 6.3 -12.5 25 18.8 -1.0 195 6 303.4 303.7 285.1 309.5 1.95 7 700 3105 3.8 -15.3 23 19.1 -3.1 216 11 306.7 307.0 286.1 312.1 1.66 8 650 3703 0.9 -21.3 17 22.2 -6.1 220 10 310.0 310.2 286.6 313.6 1.07 9 600 4341 -3.0 -23.7 19 20.7 -8.9 217 9 312.6 312.8 287.3 315.8 0.94 10 550 5024 -7.8 -24.0 26 16.2 -12.3 220 9 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.2 1.00 11 500 5757 -13.2 -25.2 36 12.1 -16.2 218 10 317.0 317.2 288.9 320.4 0.98 12 450 6550 -19.2 -27.3 49 8.1 -21.0 199 11 319.1 319.2 289.4 322.2 0.91 13 400 7414 -25.9 -34.0 47 8.1 -27.2 188 12 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.3 0.54 14 350 8366 -33.6 -42.0 42 8.4 -34.4 198 16 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.27 15 300 9427 -42.2 -45.0 74 2.8 -42.4 203 16 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.7 0.23 16 250 10632 -52.0 -52.3 97 0.3 -52.0 204 13 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.12 17 200 12053 -58.3 -64.9 42 6.7 -58.3 214 19 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 18 150 13847 -61.9 -77.1 12 15.2 -62.1 236 25 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16341 -63.8 -83.9 5 20.2 -64.0 265 28 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.47 m Freezing level: 638.51 mb = 3850.09 m = 12631.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.84 mb = 2327.77 m = 7636.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.45 % Est. max temperature: 18.15 C = 64.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 602.97 mb = 4302.17 m = 14114.58 ft T: -2.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 1.05 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 459.18 mb = 6397.82 m = 20989.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.79 F Cap Strength: 9.32 C Lifted Index: 9.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10075.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 565.53 mb = 4805.39 m = 15765.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.6 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 236.6 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.11 Bulk Shear: 5.06 m/s