MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 113 1 950 549 2 900 1008 3 850 1493 4 800 2007 5 750 2553 SFC 720 2900 14.1 2.4 45 11.7 7.3 195 1 315.6 316.8 293.2 335.5 6.31 7 700 3134 11.9 0.7 46 11.3 5.7 235 1 315.7 316.8 292.8 334.0 5.76 8 650 3748 6.6 -1.5 56 8.1 2.4 224 2 316.5 317.5 292.6 333.4 5.30 9 600 4399 1.2 -3.7 70 4.8 -1.3 187 3 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.1 4.86 10 550 5092 -4.7 -6.0 91 1.3 -5.3 168 6 318.5 319.3 292.5 332.8 4.44 11 500 5835 -10.0 -11.9 86 2.0 -10.7 166 11 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.1 3.07 12 450 6639 -15.4 -19.7 70 4.2 -16.7 162 10 323.8 324.2 291.7 330.0 1.79 13 400 7519 -21.1 -29.1 48 8.0 -22.8 188 6 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.7 0.86 14 350 8490 -28.5 -32.3 70 3.8 -29.1 199 12 330.4 330.5 292.5 333.0 0.73 15 300 9574 -37.5 -39.2 84 1.7 -37.7 204 18 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.2 0.43 16 250 10806 -45.9 -55.2 34 9.3 -46.3 145 22 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.09 17 200 12266 -53.9 -65.7 22 11.9 -54.1 110 35 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14073 -61.2 -78.8 8 17.7 -61.3 174 18 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16548 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.5 -67.1 254 15 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.05 m Freezing level: 590.12 mb = 4536.32 m = 14882.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.47 mb = 4165.97 m = 13667.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.02 % Est. max temperature: 16.38 C = 61.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 602.66 mb = 4363.42 m = 14315.52 ft T: 1.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 5.54 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.72 mb = 4867.86 m = 15970.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.45 C = 61.61 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 580.31 mb = 4665.12 m = 15305.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 535.31 mb = 5303.24 m = 17398.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 395.31 mb = 7604.65 m = 24949.34 ft B at Equ Level: 40.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.31 mb = 10154.65 m = 33315.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.2 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 211.2 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -1.1 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.58 Bulk Shear: 5.36 m/s