MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 129 1 950 565 2 900 1024 3 850 1509 4 800 2023 5 750 2569 SFC 715 2965 15.7 -0.3 34 16.0 6.8 217 2 317.8 318.8 292.9 334.6 5.23 7 700 3148 12.0 -1.2 40 13.2 4.9 185 3 315.8 316.7 292.2 331.7 5.00 8 650 3762 6.3 -3.4 50 9.7 1.4 174 7 316.1 317.0 291.9 330.7 4.56 9 600 4411 0.2 -5.5 66 5.7 -2.5 179 10 316.4 317.2 291.7 330.0 4.24 10 550 5102 -5.4 -9.5 73 4.1 -7.1 193 11 317.7 318.3 291.3 328.7 3.38 11 500 5842 -10.3 -16.9 58 6.7 -12.5 194 10 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.3 2.03 12 450 6646 -15.4 -25.1 43 9.7 -17.9 161 8 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.7 1.10 13 400 7524 -21.8 -36.0 27 14.2 -24.2 124 11 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.3 0.44 14 350 8492 -29.0 -45.6 19 16.6 -30.7 113 17 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.18 15 300 9576 -36.6 -53.1 17 16.5 -37.7 104 23 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.09 16 250 10815 -45.4 -57.1 26 11.7 -45.9 96 39 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.07 17 200 12271 -54.6 -63.8 31 9.2 -54.8 91 35 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14077 -61.1 -77.3 10 16.2 -61.3 145 5 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16543 -68.3 -83.5 9 15.3 -68.4 251 15 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.31 m Freezing level: 598.02 mb = 4438.57 m = 14562.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.32 mb = 3985.76 m = 13076.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.56 % Est. max temperature: 15.14 C = 59.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 562.09 mb = 4929.17 m = 16171.61 ft T: -4.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 7.28 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.66 mb = 5077.74 m = 16659.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.46 C = 59.83 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4978.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 562.47 mb = 4923.77 m = 16153.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.4 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 182.4 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -141.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 7.38 m/s