MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.44,-111.52 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -111.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 538 2 900 990 3 850 1462 4 800 1958 SFC 790 2061 3.2 2.5 95 0.7 2.8 298 8 295.6 296.7 286.2 312.6 5.81 6 750 2479 -0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 288 22 296.5 297.4 285.8 311.3 5.00 7 700 3029 -2.4 -2.6 99 0.2 -2.5 279 40 299.8 300.6 286.5 313.3 4.50 8 650 3617 -3.5 -3.9 97 0.4 -3.7 256 42 305.0 305.8 288.3 318.5 4.42 9 600 4246 -6.9 -7.5 96 0.6 -7.1 245 48 308.1 308.8 288.6 319.5 3.63 10 550 4920 -10.6 -11.3 95 0.7 -10.9 245 56 311.5 312.0 289.0 320.8 2.92 11 500 5647 -15.1 -15.4 98 0.3 -15.2 250 64 314.6 315.1 289.4 322.2 2.32 12 450 6436 -20.4 -20.7 98 0.2 -20.5 256 76 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.1 1.64 13 400 7295 -27.6 -28.9 88 1.4 -27.8 256 86 319.2 319.3 289.4 322.2 0.87 14 350 8246 -32.9 -44.9 29 12.0 -34.0 262 111 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.20 15 300 9308 -42.4 -42.6 98 0.2 -42.4 260 113 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.30 16 250 10525 -47.0 -57.2 30 10.2 -47.4 255 122 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 11987 -53.6 -69.7 12 16.2 -53.9 251 107 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13813 -57.2 -79.4 4 22.2 -57.5 264 82 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16343 -63.5 -84.3 4 20.9 -63.6 235 49 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5541.48 m Freezing level: 750.35 mb = 2474.81 m = 8119.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.08 mb = 2456.18 m = 8058.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.69 % Est. max temperature: 12.52 C = 54.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.48 mb = 2147.09 m = 7044.17 ft T: 2.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.34 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.28 mb = 2604.13 m = 8543.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.74 C = 40.53 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9970.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.83 mb = 2641.45 m = 8666.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 59.6 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 44.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 8.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.9 neg: -4.7 tot: 131.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 290.18 m/s