MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 42.30,-111.52 Latitude: 42.30 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 142 1 950 576 2 900 1033 3 850 1512 4 800 2019 SFC 791 2112 11.3 -4.3 33 15.6 3.9 202 3 304.2 304.8 287.1 315.0 3.51 6 750 2552 6.0 -6.3 41 12.3 0.6 220 5 303.1 303.7 286.4 312.9 3.18 7 700 3112 2.0 -10.2 40 12.2 -2.9 247 9 304.7 305.2 286.3 312.6 2.52 8 650 3706 -0.8 -13.7 37 12.8 -5.5 260 14 308.0 308.4 286.9 314.6 2.05 9 600 4342 -4.0 -13.0 50 8.9 -7.4 269 12 311.4 311.9 288.4 319.0 2.35 10 550 5023 -8.0 -16.5 50 8.6 -10.9 281 12 314.6 315.0 289.0 320.9 1.91 11 500 5757 -12.3 -19.3 56 7.0 -14.5 283 15 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.6 1.66 12 450 6556 -16.5 -23.4 55 6.9 -18.3 280 16 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.9 1.29 13 400 7431 -22.7 -30.0 51 7.3 -24.2 285 17 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.3 0.79 14 350 8396 -29.9 -38.7 42 8.8 -31.0 280 20 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.38 15 300 9472 -39.3 -44.5 58 5.2 -39.7 283 22 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.24 16 250 10691 -50.0 -53.8 64 3.8 -50.1 296 22 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 17 200 12112 -61.3 -63.6 74 2.3 -61.4 303 40 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.04 18 150 13850 -67.4 -72.0 52 4.6 -67.4 300 24 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16330 -64.0 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.2 270 22 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.56 m Freezing level: 664.45 mb = 3534.60 m = 11596.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.59 mb = 2643.10 m = 8671.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.66 % Est. max temperature: 15.46 C = 59.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 623.21 mb = 4040.37 m = 13255.65 ft T: -2.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 2.34 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 501.86 mb = 5728.65 m = 18794.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.15 C = 75.46 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: 8.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8583.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 606.09 mb = 4261.38 m = 13980.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 18.23 m/s