MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 39.30,-106.86 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 542 2 900 1001 3 850 1486 4 800 2000 5 750 2545 SFC 713 2967 15.0 -1.1 33 16.0 6.2 272 5 317.4 318.3 292.6 333.3 4.97 7 700 3125 11.9 -2.1 38 14.0 4.5 267 6 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.6 4.69 8 650 3738 6.1 -3.7 49 9.8 1.1 266 7 315.8 316.7 291.7 330.1 4.47 9 600 4387 -0.2 -4.8 72 4.5 -2.4 263 7 315.8 316.7 291.7 330.2 4.48 10 550 5076 -6.1 -6.7 96 0.6 -6.4 258 7 316.8 317.6 291.8 330.4 4.21 11 500 5815 -11.1 -11.4 97 0.3 -11.2 261 10 319.6 320.2 291.7 330.1 3.20 12 450 6617 -15.8 -16.6 93 0.8 -16.0 262 16 323.4 323.9 292.0 331.3 2.32 13 400 7495 -21.9 -22.3 97 0.4 -22.0 253 16 326.5 326.8 292.3 332.1 1.60 14 350 8463 -29.3 -29.5 98 0.2 -29.3 243 17 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.7 0.95 15 300 9544 -38.1 -38.4 97 0.3 -38.2 238 21 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.3 0.46 16 250 10770 -48.7 -49.4 92 0.7 -48.7 228 16 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.17 17 200 12217 -52.4 -69.3 11 16.9 -52.7 245 21 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14054 -58.3 -79.9 5 21.6 -58.5 271 20 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16544 -66.7 -83.2 8 16.5 -66.8 278 18 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.36 m Freezing level: 601.92 mb = 4361.78 m = 14310.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.02 mb = 3939.96 m = 12926.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.92 % Est. max temperature: 14.26 C = 57.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 559.74 mb = 4936.63 m = 16196.10 ft T: -4.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.53 C/km ThetaE index: 3.16 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 554.79 mb = 5007.04 m = 16427.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.40 C = 57.93 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 560.98 mb = 4919.18 m = 16138.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 505.98 mb = 5722.63 m = 18774.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.98 mb = 5876.32 m = 19279.04 ft B at Equ Level: 3.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 465.98 mb = 6351.59 m = 20838.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 4.56 m/s