MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 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 112 1 950 548 2 900 1007 3 850 1491 4 800 2004 5 750 2549 SFC 714 2967 13.0 0.9 43 12.1 6.3 273 3 315.2 316.3 292.6 333.3 5.74 7 700 3128 11.5 -0.3 44 11.8 5.1 273 5 315.2 316.2 292.3 332.2 5.35 8 650 3741 6.0 -2.5 55 8.5 1.7 280 7 315.8 316.7 292.1 331.4 4.92 9 600 4390 -0.2 -3.7 77 3.5 -2.0 284 6 315.9 316.8 292.1 331.3 4.85 10 550 5079 -6.0 -6.9 93 0.9 -6.4 287 5 317.0 317.8 291.8 330.3 4.14 11 500 5819 -10.8 -11.7 93 0.9 -11.2 300 9 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.2 3.12 12 450 6621 -15.9 -16.7 94 0.7 -16.2 293 11 323.2 323.6 292.0 331.0 2.31 13 400 7498 -22.1 -22.4 97 0.3 -22.2 285 14 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.8 1.59 14 350 8466 -29.4 -29.9 95 0.6 -29.5 269 16 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.4 0.91 15 300 9546 -38.4 -39.2 92 0.8 -38.5 261 17 331.3 331.4 292.5 332.9 0.42 16 250 10770 -48.6 -50.1 85 1.5 -48.7 248 16 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.16 17 200 12219 -53.3 -67.1 17 13.8 -53.6 282 19 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14055 -58.0 -80.3 4 22.4 -58.2 269 17 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16542 -67.5 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.6 274 17 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.23 m Freezing level: 601.81 mb = 4366.01 m = 14323.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 4030.95 m = 13224.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.19 % Est. max temperature: 14.39 C = 57.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 593.73 mb = 4472.72 m = 14674.11 ft T: -0.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.55 mb = 4815.92 m = 15800.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.29 C = 57.72 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 575.98 mb = 4713.15 m = 15462.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.98 mb = 5064.64 m = 16616.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.98 mb = 7296.25 m = 23937.54 ft B at Equ Level: 22.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 320.98 mb = 9071.96 m = 29763.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.26 Bulk Shear: 3.68 m/s