MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510111200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510111200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 12 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 10 1 950 446 2 900 904 3 850 1386 SFC 810 1792 12.8 6.8 67 6.0 9.3 256 11 303.7 305.1 290.8 326.8 7.70 5 800 1894 11.5 6.7 72 4.8 8.6 264 10 303.4 304.8 290.7 326.4 7.69 6 750 2431 8.0 4.4 78 3.6 6.0 237 19 305.3 306.6 290.7 326.5 7.02 7 700 2998 4.8 2.1 83 2.7 3.4 217 30 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.4 6.39 8 650 3598 0.6 -0.3 94 0.9 0.1 207 41 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.5 5.78 9 600 4236 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.6 -3.9 207 52 312.0 312.8 290.7 326.7 4.67 10 550 4918 -8.5 -9.4 93 1.0 -8.9 209 57 314.0 314.7 290.2 324.9 3.40 11 500 5651 -13.4 -16.0 81 2.6 -14.2 213 64 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.0 2.20 12 450 6445 -17.9 -21.2 76 3.3 -18.8 217 67 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.1 1.57 13 400 7316 -23.6 -25.7 83 2.1 -24.1 222 69 324.3 324.6 291.3 328.4 1.18 14 350 8278 -30.8 -35.3 65 4.4 -31.4 225 76 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.54 15 300 9354 -38.3 -52.7 20 14.5 -39.1 229 97 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.10 16 250 10585 -46.5 -62.5 15 16.0 -47.0 230 111 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.03 17 200 12047 -50.2 -69.9 8 19.8 -50.6 231 110 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.02 18 150 13909 -55.1 -79.6 3 24.5 -55.5 233 72 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16457 -63.2 -83.7 5 20.5 -63.4 220 44 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.32 m Freezing level: 643.01 mb = 3687.31 m = 12097.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.31 mb = 3618.89 m = 11872.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.78 % Est. max temperature: 18.01 C = 64.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.29 mb = 2537.79 m = 8325.98 ft T: 7.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 0.39 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.54 mb = 3214.14 m = 10544.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.28 C = 63.10 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.59 mb = 2828.06 m = 9278.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.59 mb = 4507.54 m = 14788.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 469.59 mb = 6123.80 m = 20090.96 ft B at Equ Level: 37.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.59 mb = 7323.34 m = 24026.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 6.5 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.7 neg: -7.9 tot: 242.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 224.99 m/s