MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510111200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510111200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 40.9,-111.7 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -111.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 1 950 461 2 900 922 3 850 1411 SFC 813 1795 18.7 6.4 45 12.3 11.3 205 14 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.5 7.43 5 800 1928 16.7 5.1 46 11.6 9.9 205 17 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.0 6.88 6 750 2473 11.4 3.2 57 8.2 6.8 209 22 308.9 310.1 291.3 328.7 6.43 7 700 3044 6.0 1.5 73 4.5 3.5 210 25 309.1 310.3 291.1 327.9 6.09 8 650 3645 0.8 -2.4 80 3.1 -0.8 214 28 309.8 310.8 290.3 325.2 4.95 9 600 4284 -3.1 -13.0 46 9.9 -6.8 222 32 312.6 313.0 288.8 320.2 2.34 10 550 4968 -6.5 -23.5 25 17.0 -11.3 224 34 316.3 316.5 288.7 319.9 1.05 11 500 5706 -10.8 -29.3 20 18.5 -15.2 220 36 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.3 0.67 12 450 6507 -16.3 -34.5 19 18.2 -19.7 223 40 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.45 13 400 7381 -23.3 -39.4 21 16.2 -25.6 223 45 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.31 14 350 8343 -30.5 -47.2 18 16.7 -32.1 223 54 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.15 15 300 9422 -37.0 -58.9 9 21.9 -38.1 226 61 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 16 250 10661 -44.9 -63.2 11 18.2 -45.6 222 72 339.2 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.03 17 200 12133 -50.3 -69.8 8 19.5 -50.7 229 86 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 13967 -59.1 -77.6 7 18.5 -59.3 227 84 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16484 -63.1 -83.7 5 20.6 -63.3 216 42 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.02 m Freezing level: 640.10 mb = 3771.86 m = 12374.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.23 mb = 3530.97 m = 11584.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.27 % Est. max temperature: 18.66 C = 65.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 676.36 mb = 3322.71 m = 10901.14 ft T: 3.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.50 mb = 3540.03 m = 11614.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.71 C = 65.68 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.90 mb = 3461.50 m = 11356.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.90 mb = 3770.41 m = 12369.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.90 mb = 4688.58 m = 15382.31 ft B at Equ Level: 5.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 529.90 mb = 5256.48 m = 17245.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.99 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 34.91 m/s