MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 556 2 900 1015 3 850 1499 SFC 816 1842 13.3 2.0 46 11.3 7.2 142 4 303.6 304.6 288.7 320.0 5.42 5 800 2013 15.6 2.0 40 13.6 8.1 140 8 307.8 308.8 290.2 324.8 5.54 6 750 2559 14.2 0.0 38 14.1 6.5 140 6 311.9 312.9 291.2 328.0 5.12 7 700 3137 9.9 -1.9 44 11.8 3.8 131 3 313.4 314.3 291.3 328.5 4.76 8 650 3746 4.5 -3.9 54 8.4 0.4 166 3 314.1 314.9 291.2 328.1 4.42 9 600 4392 -1.0 -7.3 62 6.3 -3.8 192 5 315.0 315.7 290.8 326.9 3.70 10 550 5080 -5.1 -17.9 36 12.8 -9.5 183 4 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.7 1.70 11 500 5823 -9.1 -27.1 22 18.0 -13.7 98 3 322.0 322.1 290.2 324.9 0.83 12 450 6629 -14.6 -28.3 30 13.6 -17.9 80 9 324.8 325.0 291.1 327.8 0.83 13 400 7509 -21.4 -34.0 31 12.6 -23.7 76 10 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.54 14 350 8478 -29.0 -41.5 29 12.5 -30.5 65 12 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.7 0.29 15 300 9562 -36.6 -51.7 20 15.1 -37.6 73 27 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 16 250 10801 -45.4 -54.0 37 8.6 -45.8 79 41 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.10 17 200 12255 -55.7 -60.1 58 4.4 -55.8 66 39 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.06 18 150 14060 -61.0 -77.1 10 16.0 -61.2 242 4 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16532 -66.8 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.9 260 12 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.19 m Freezing level: 608.98 mb = 4276.00 m = 14028.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.54 mb = 3802.02 m = 12473.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.91 % Est. max temperature: 23.01 C = 73.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.04 mb = 3278.40 m = 10755.77 ft T: 8.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 570.41 mb = 4792.10 m = 15721.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6549.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 623.56 mb = 4081.24 m = 13389.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.4 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 144.4 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -2.5 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 26.14 Bulk Shear: 1.12 m/s