MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.28,-111.46 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 1 950 580 2 900 1036 3 850 1516 4 800 2021 SFC 789 2140 10.8 -6.3 30 17.0 3.1 158 4 303.9 304.5 286.5 313.3 3.03 6 750 2554 6.7 -11.5 26 18.3 -0.5 189 4 303.9 304.3 285.5 310.6 2.11 7 700 3117 4.4 -16.4 20 20.8 -3.0 228 6 307.4 307.7 286.2 312.3 1.52 8 650 3716 1.0 -17.8 23 18.7 -5.4 249 7 310.1 310.3 287.1 314.9 1.46 9 600 4354 -3.4 -17.7 32 14.3 -8.2 258 8 312.2 312.5 287.9 317.4 1.58 10 550 5035 -8.6 -19.9 39 11.4 -12.0 266 9 313.9 314.2 288.3 318.7 1.43 11 500 5766 -14.0 -22.2 50 8.2 -16.2 270 12 316.0 316.2 288.8 320.3 1.29 12 450 6557 -19.8 -26.5 55 6.7 -21.3 268 16 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.7 0.97 13 400 7420 -25.8 -35.1 41 9.3 -27.2 264 22 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.2 0.48 14 350 8374 -32.5 -42.1 38 9.6 -33.5 259 30 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.27 15 300 9440 -41.5 -43.4 82 1.9 -41.6 256 34 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.27 16 250 10651 -50.9 -53.0 78 2.1 -51.0 248 42 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 17 200 12074 -59.5 -63.9 56 4.4 -59.5 244 40 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.04 18 150 13855 -62.7 -77.1 13 14.5 -62.8 249 36 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16339 -64.8 -83.8 6 19.0 -64.9 265 32 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.34 m Freezing level: 638.88 mb = 3858.12 m = 12657.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.48 mb = 2493.77 m = 8181.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.10 % Est. max temperature: 16.99 C = 62.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 607.52 mb = 4254.86 m = 13959.35 ft T: -2.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 2.75 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 468.95 mb = 6247.29 m = 20496.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.43 C = 74.17 F Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lifted Index: 7.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9555.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 552.05 mb = 5005.93 m = 16423.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 19.83 m/s