MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510111200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510111200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 102 1 950 535 2 900 987 3 850 1460 SFC 816 1794 4.9 1.7 80 3.2 3.3 244 6 294.7 295.7 285.4 310.2 5.30 5 800 1956 3.7 0.4 79 3.2 2.1 251 7 295.0 295.9 285.1 309.5 4.92 6 750 2476 -0.5 -2.6 86 2.1 -1.4 255 14 296.1 296.8 284.8 308.5 4.21 7 700 3024 -4.5 -6.3 88 1.7 -5.3 261 21 297.5 298.1 284.5 307.7 3.41 8 650 3602 -9.0 -10.5 89 1.5 -9.6 266 27 298.8 299.2 284.1 306.8 2.63 9 600 4217 -13.0 -16.9 72 3.9 -14.1 266 35 301.1 301.4 284.0 306.4 1.69 10 550 4875 -17.3 -22.0 67 4.7 -18.4 256 45 303.6 303.8 284.4 307.4 1.20 11 500 5581 -22.6 -24.3 86 1.7 -22.9 242 53 305.5 305.7 284.9 309.0 1.07 12 450 6346 -27.7 -28.9 89 1.2 -27.9 231 66 308.5 308.6 285.7 311.1 0.78 13 400 7191 -28.1 -47.6 14 19.5 -29.9 224 95 318.5 318.5 288.4 319.0 0.13 14 350 8141 -32.6 -58.9 6 26.2 -34.1 227 104 324.7 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.04 15 300 9216 -37.7 -62.1 6 24.5 -38.8 231 121 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.03 16 250 10456 -43.0 -66.7 6 23.7 -43.8 232 118 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 17 200 11948 -46.6 -73.6 3 27.0 -47.3 234 113 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 18 150 13834 -52.9 -79.9 2 27.0 -53.4 224 82 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16396 -61.0 -84.1 3 23.1 -61.3 224 42 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5479.85 m Freezing level: 755.80 mb = 2415.68 m = 7925.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.55 mb = 2258.03 m = 7408.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.00 % Est. max temperature: 8.33 C = 47.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.46 mb = 2196.46 m = 7206.13 ft T: 1.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 3.81 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.27 mb = 2731.29 m = 8960.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.80 C = 44.23 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.78 mb = 2628.00 m = 8621.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.78 mb = 3127.28 m = 10259.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 560.78 mb = 4728.12 m = 15512.00 ft B at Equ Level: 26.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 460.78 mb = 6174.13 m = 20256.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 48.0 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 206.57 m/s