MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 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 129 1 950 564 2 900 1020 3 850 1501 4 800 2008 SFC 787 2141 12.0 -7.5 25 19.5 3.2 278 4 305.3 305.9 286.7 314.0 2.76 6 750 2542 6.9 -9.5 30 16.4 0.0 275 5 304.0 304.5 285.9 311.7 2.47 7 700 3103 1.9 -10.4 40 12.3 -3.0 274 5 304.6 305.0 286.2 312.4 2.48 8 650 3699 0.5 -14.5 32 15.0 -5.0 311 9 309.5 309.8 287.3 315.7 1.91 9 600 4337 -2.8 -15.8 36 13.0 -7.4 333 11 312.9 313.2 288.4 319.0 1.86 10 550 5021 -7.1 -15.8 50 8.8 -10.1 331 19 315.7 316.1 289.5 322.4 2.02 11 500 5758 -11.9 -17.5 63 5.6 -13.7 317 24 318.5 318.9 290.3 325.0 1.94 12 450 6555 -17.7 -21.0 75 3.3 -18.6 302 20 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.4 1.59 13 400 7425 -24.0 -26.4 80 2.4 -24.5 298 20 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.7 1.11 14 350 8387 -30.3 -35.7 59 5.5 -31.0 278 26 327.9 328.0 291.7 329.8 0.52 15 300 9464 -38.8 -47.3 40 8.5 -39.4 266 25 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.18 16 250 10687 -49.5 -56.5 44 7.0 -49.7 287 31 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12107 -61.8 -63.1 84 1.3 -61.8 292 54 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 18 150 13851 -69.8 -71.8 75 2.0 -69.8 275 27 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 19 100 16330 -64.3 -83.8 5 19.5 -64.4 274 17 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.91 m Freezing level: 643.00 mb = 3788.68 m = 12429.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.19 mb = 2551.20 m = 8369.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.01 % Est. max temperature: 16.65 C = 61.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 584.09 mb = 4548.62 m = 14923.11 ft T: -4.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 472.07 mb = 6192.83 m = 20317.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Cap Strength: 8.38 C Lifted Index: 8.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8200.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 579.64 mb = 4608.80 m = 15120.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.7 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 337.7 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 18.66 m/s