MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 39.33,-106.94 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 572 2 900 1030 3 850 1513 4 800 2023 5 750 2565 SFC 725 2851 12.0 1.7 49 10.3 6.2 264 5 312.7 313.8 292.1 331.4 5.97 7 700 3139 8.4 0.5 58 7.9 4.1 254 7 311.8 312.8 291.6 329.5 5.68 8 650 3746 2.8 -1.3 74 4.1 0.7 239 7 312.1 313.2 291.4 329.0 5.36 9 600 4388 -2.1 -4.3 85 2.1 -3.1 220 9 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.4 4.65 10 550 5073 -7.1 -8.5 89 1.5 -7.7 217 11 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.5 3.65 11 500 5811 -11.4 -15.2 73 3.8 -12.7 231 10 319.2 319.6 290.9 327.0 2.34 12 450 6612 -16.1 -23.1 55 6.9 -18.0 274 9 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.6 1.33 13 400 7488 -22.2 -24.7 80 2.5 -22.8 310 11 326.1 326.4 291.9 330.7 1.29 14 350 8456 -29.5 -33.8 67 4.2 -30.2 333 18 328.9 329.1 292.0 331.3 0.63 15 300 9534 -38.5 -44.6 53 6.1 -39.0 343 22 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.24 16 250 10778 -41.7 -63.8 7 22.2 -42.5 321 37 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.03 17 200 12261 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.1 -50.7 309 32 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14103 -59.2 -79.2 6 20.1 -59.4 296 19 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16594 -66.0 -83.4 7 17.4 -66.2 214 10 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.65 m Freezing level: 621.63 mb = 4110.21 m = 13484.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.65 mb = 3861.90 m = 12670.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.69 % Est. max temperature: 13.85 C = 56.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 619.44 mb = 4132.13 m = 13556.69 ft T: -0.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 4.38 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.27 mb = 4371.17 m = 14340.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.87 C = 55.17 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 612.99 mb = 4216.23 m = 13832.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.99 mb = 4959.80 m = 16272.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 507.99 mb = 5688.42 m = 18662.58 ft B at Equ Level: 6.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 467.99 mb = 6313.94 m = 20714.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.7 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 305.7 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 3.48 m/s