MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 1 950 572 2 900 1028 3 850 1508 SFC 817 1842 9.2 -3.8 40 13.0 3.2 153 4 299.2 299.9 285.3 309.9 3.54 5 800 2014 11.8 -4.9 31 16.7 4.0 145 10 303.7 304.3 286.8 314.0 3.32 6 750 2552 10.3 -8.3 26 18.5 2.1 185 11 307.7 308.2 287.5 316.4 2.73 7 700 3122 7.1 -11.7 25 18.8 -0.6 222 16 310.3 310.8 287.9 317.5 2.23 8 650 3726 2.5 -14.2 28 16.7 -3.8 234 19 311.8 312.2 288.2 318.2 1.96 9 600 4367 -2.6 -14.4 40 11.8 -6.9 238 21 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.0 2.09 10 550 5050 -8.4 -14.0 64 5.6 -10.4 233 21 314.2 314.6 289.3 321.9 2.36 11 500 5781 -14.0 -20.5 58 6.5 -15.8 223 25 316.0 316.3 289.0 321.1 1.50 12 450 6573 -19.1 -31.9 31 12.9 -21.5 223 33 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.4 0.59 13 400 7438 -25.1 -36.3 34 11.2 -26.7 222 44 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.43 14 350 8394 -32.6 -41.7 40 9.1 -33.6 226 55 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.9 0.28 15 300 9461 -40.5 -50.9 32 10.4 -41.1 227 70 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.8 0.12 16 250 10677 -49.8 -58.2 37 8.4 -50.1 232 72 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 17 200 12107 -58.3 -65.5 39 7.2 -58.4 236 75 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 18 150 13899 -62.6 -76.6 14 14.0 -62.8 241 59 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16377 -65.5 -83.7 6 18.2 -65.6 240 35 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.35 m Freezing level: 625.10 mb = 4045.26 m = 13271.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.59 mb = 2986.76 m = 9798.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.32 % Est. max temperature: 20.65 C = 69.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.13 mb = 3489.97 m = 11449.88 ft T: 4.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 515.72 mb = 5543.32 m = 18186.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.53 C = 76.16 F Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lifted Index: 5.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8426.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 585.26 mb = 4562.05 m = 14967.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 68.95 m/s