MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 114 1 950 550 2 900 1007 3 850 1489 4 800 1998 SFC 789 2112 13.2 -5.2 27 18.4 4.5 242 6 306.4 307.0 287.6 316.6 3.28 6 750 2534 7.8 -7.6 33 15.4 1.1 234 8 305.1 305.6 286.8 314.1 2.88 7 700 3097 2.7 -9.5 40 12.2 -2.3 231 9 305.5 306.0 286.6 313.8 2.66 8 650 3692 -0.7 -12.7 40 12.0 -5.3 245 14 308.2 308.6 287.2 315.2 2.21 9 600 4328 -3.3 -14.3 42 11.0 -7.3 263 11 312.3 312.7 288.5 319.2 2.11 10 550 5012 -7.0 -16.9 45 9.9 -10.3 284 12 315.8 316.2 289.3 322.0 1.85 11 500 5750 -11.1 -18.2 56 7.1 -13.4 287 20 319.5 319.8 290.5 325.6 1.83 12 450 6550 -16.7 -21.3 68 4.6 -18.0 288 26 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.6 1.55 13 400 7423 -23.6 -24.7 90 1.1 -23.8 279 27 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.29 14 350 8385 -30.3 -34.0 70 3.6 -30.9 267 24 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.2 0.62 15 300 9463 -38.6 -44.4 54 5.8 -39.1 259 26 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.24 16 250 10686 -49.5 -52.0 76 2.4 -49.6 271 30 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.13 17 200 12106 -61.7 -64.2 72 2.5 -61.8 283 47 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 18 150 13846 -67.9 -71.7 58 3.8 -67.9 271 25 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16317 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.4 265 24 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.27 m Freezing level: 660.30 mb = 3569.53 m = 11710.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.19 mb = 2707.90 m = 8884.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.42 % Est. max temperature: 15.66 C = 60.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 596.12 mb = 4379.44 m = 14368.07 ft T: -3.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 2.84 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 480.18 mb = 6057.12 m = 19872.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Cap Strength: 7.33 C Lifted Index: 8.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8000.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 587.43 mb = 4494.76 m = 14746.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 303.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -2.1 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 19.57 m/s