MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-103.15 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -103.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 515 2 900 980 SFC 863 1343 21.0 7.9 43 13.1 13.0 128 8 306.8 308.3 291.8 330.4 7.77 4 850 1475 23.5 6.7 34 16.8 13.2 134 16 310.8 312.1 292.6 333.1 7.25 5 800 2002 20.5 4.0 34 16.6 10.8 152 17 313.0 314.2 292.5 332.9 6.36 6 750 2554 15.9 1.8 39 14.0 7.9 175 14 313.8 314.9 292.3 332.1 5.83 7 700 3135 11.1 -1.6 41 12.6 4.4 219 10 314.7 315.7 291.7 330.2 4.88 8 650 3748 6.3 -4.9 44 11.3 0.8 292 11 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.2 4.08 9 600 4398 1.1 -7.1 54 8.3 -2.7 285 16 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.5 3.73 10 550 5092 -3.7 -11.8 54 8.1 -7.0 276 16 319.7 320.2 291.5 329.0 2.82 11 500 5838 -8.4 -20.2 38 11.8 -12.1 262 18 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.1 1.54 12 450 6647 -13.7 -32.3 19 18.6 -17.7 255 22 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.56 13 400 7531 -20.1 -32.4 33 12.2 -22.5 245 24 328.8 329.0 292.0 331.1 0.63 14 350 8505 -27.4 -28.5 90 1.2 -27.6 242 28 331.9 332.1 293.2 335.6 1.04 15 300 9597 -35.6 -35.6 100 0.0 -35.6 253 35 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.5 0.61 16 250 10836 -46.3 -47.6 87 1.3 -46.4 254 40 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.0 0.21 17 200 12290 -53.1 -63.6 27 10.5 -53.3 284 49 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14101 -60.1 -76.0 11 15.9 -60.3 255 30 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16599 -66.8 -83.0 8 16.2 -66.9 229 16 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.77 m Freezing level: 588.49 mb = 4557.82 m = 14953.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.05 mb = 3898.67 m = 12790.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.11 mb = 3014.42 m = 9889.72 ft T: 12.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 3.89 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 591.50 mb = 4511.78 m = 14802.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.87 C Cross Totals Index: 15.04 C K Index: 25.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4760.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.97 mb = 3887.01 m = 12752.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 95.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 84.68 m/s