MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 23 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 143 1 950 577 2 900 1032 3 850 1509 SFC 812 1888 9.9 -4.7 35 14.6 3.2 287 6 300.4 301.0 285.5 310.5 3.31 5 800 2012 7.6 -5.6 38 13.2 1.8 289 6 299.3 299.9 284.9 308.8 3.14 6 750 2538 2.6 -7.1 49 9.7 -1.4 292 9 299.4 300.0 284.8 308.5 2.99 7 700 3093 -0.0 -11.1 43 11.1 -4.3 313 18 302.4 302.9 285.2 309.7 2.34 8 650 3683 -3.1 -14.6 41 11.4 -7.1 325 19 305.4 305.8 285.8 311.5 1.90 9 600 4311 -7.3 -16.0 50 8.7 -10.2 317 15 307.6 308.0 286.6 313.5 1.82 10 550 4983 -11.9 -19.9 52 7.9 -14.2 294 14 309.9 310.2 287.0 314.7 1.44 11 500 5705 -17.0 -21.9 65 5.0 -18.2 297 11 312.4 312.6 287.7 316.8 1.32 12 450 6487 -22.8 -25.7 77 2.9 -23.4 297 11 314.5 314.7 288.1 318.1 1.05 13 400 7339 -29.4 -30.7 89 1.3 -29.6 292 13 316.8 316.9 288.5 319.3 0.74 14 350 8278 -36.2 -37.0 92 0.9 -36.2 294 13 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.6 0.46 15 300 9328 -45.0 -45.1 99 0.1 -45.0 315 15 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.23 16 250 10520 -53.4 -56.0 73 2.6 -53.5 331 23 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.08 17 200 11947 -54.7 -69.4 15 14.7 -55.0 310 19 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13779 -57.9 -79.0 5 21.1 -58.2 272 20 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16302 -61.8 -84.0 4 22.2 -62.1 263 18 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5562.27 m Freezing level: 700.86 mb = 3083.05 m = 10114.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.42 mb = 2297.72 m = 7538.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.95 % Est. max temperature: 13.92 C = 57.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.94 mb = 3695.57 m = 12124.43 ft T: -3.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.57 mb = 4849.79 m = 15911.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.45 C = 65.22 F Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lifted Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9656.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.81 mb = 3819.02 m = 12529.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.8 neg: -16.1 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.77 Bulk Shear: 5.23 m/s