MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 39.33,-106.89 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 535 2 900 995 3 850 1482 4 800 1998 5 750 2548 SFC 720 2899 18.1 -1.3 27 19.4 7.4 238 2 320.0 320.9 293.2 335.6 4.83 7 700 3132 14.1 -2.5 32 16.6 5.3 214 3 318.1 318.9 292.4 332.7 4.54 8 650 3750 8.1 -4.2 41 12.3 1.9 196 6 318.1 319.0 292.3 332.1 4.32 9 600 4403 1.8 -5.4 59 7.1 -1.7 193 8 318.1 319.0 292.2 331.9 4.27 10 550 5097 -4.6 -7.2 82 2.6 -5.7 190 9 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.8 4.06 11 500 5839 -10.4 -11.7 90 1.3 -10.9 180 12 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.6 3.12 12 450 6642 -15.9 -21.3 63 5.5 -17.4 170 11 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.55 13 400 7519 -21.9 -34.1 32 12.2 -24.0 164 11 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.5 0.54 14 350 8488 -28.9 -40.4 32 11.5 -30.3 187 12 329.8 329.8 292.0 331.0 0.32 15 300 9571 -37.2 -46.0 40 8.8 -37.9 163 15 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.21 16 250 10807 -45.4 -56.9 26 11.4 -45.9 109 34 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.07 17 200 12266 -54.0 -64.9 25 10.9 -54.2 101 35 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.03 18 150 14071 -61.8 -77.3 11 15.5 -61.9 155 12 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16539 -67.5 -83.6 9 16.0 -67.7 247 15 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.68 m Freezing level: 586.10 mb = 4596.26 m = 15079.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.49 mb = 4090.08 m = 13418.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.04 % Est. max temperature: 16.73 C = 62.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 537.62 mb = 5274.33 m = 17304.02 ft T: -5.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.04 C/km ThetaE index: 7.09 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 533.30 mb = 5337.23 m = 17510.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.41 C = 63.34 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 539.94 mb = 5240.81 m = 17194.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 514.94 mb = 5610.09 m = 18405.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 384.94 mb = 7797.45 m = 25581.89 ft B at Equ Level: 34.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 314.94 mb = 9229.57 m = 30280.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.5 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 210.5 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.77 Bulk Shear: 7.19 m/s