MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 23 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 133 1 950 566 2 900 1020 3 850 1495 4 800 1994 SFC 786 2140 5.4 -6.3 43 11.7 0.4 353 1 298.4 298.9 284.4 307.6 3.03 6 750 2523 6.0 -10.7 29 16.7 -0.7 320 4 303.1 303.5 285.4 310.2 2.26 7 700 3084 2.3 -11.6 35 14.0 -3.1 322 8 305.1 305.5 286.1 312.1 2.24 8 650 3678 -1.0 -16.0 31 15.0 -6.2 329 11 307.9 308.2 286.5 313.3 1.69 9 600 4312 -5.1 -18.7 34 13.6 -9.4 331 10 310.2 310.4 287.1 314.9 1.45 10 550 4989 -10.2 -20.6 42 10.4 -13.2 330 8 312.0 312.3 287.6 316.5 1.35 11 500 5715 -15.9 -23.4 53 7.4 -17.8 330 8 313.6 313.9 287.9 317.6 1.16 12 450 6499 -22.3 -26.4 69 4.1 -23.1 339 9 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.6 0.99 13 400 7354 -28.1 -29.0 93 0.8 -28.3 319 7 318.4 318.6 289.2 321.4 0.87 14 350 8297 -35.7 -37.9 80 2.2 -35.9 332 11 320.6 320.7 289.4 322.2 0.42 15 300 9348 -44.9 -46.5 84 1.5 -45.0 336 9 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.8 0.20 16 250 10537 -55.1 -56.1 88 1.1 -55.1 311 4 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.5 0.08 17 200 11956 -55.6 -70.0 15 14.4 -55.8 308 8 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 13778 -58.8 -78.9 6 20.2 -59.0 293 15 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16305 -62.0 -84.2 4 22.2 -62.2 267 21 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.37 m Freezing level: 664.75 mb = 3502.95 m = 11492.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.22 mb = 2273.08 m = 7457.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.96 % Est. max temperature: 14.80 C = 58.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 655.83 mb = 3606.79 m = 11833.15 ft T: -0.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 785.8- 17.2 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 508.59 mb = 5585.05 m = 18323.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.34 C = 66.81 F Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lifted Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9673.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 584.30 mb = 4518.17 m = 14823.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.0 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 359.0 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.93 Bulk Shear: 3.37 m/s