MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z MON 29 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 149 1 950 584 2 900 1042 3 850 1524 SFC 818 1842 11.8 6.3 69 5.5 8.6 152 4 301.8 303.1 289.8 323.5 7.31 5 800 2033 12.5 5.1 61 7.4 8.3 151 9 304.5 305.8 290.4 325.3 6.92 6 750 2572 10.3 2.6 59 7.7 6.0 186 7 307.7 308.9 290.7 326.6 6.14 7 700 3144 6.6 0.1 63 6.5 3.2 242 9 309.8 310.8 290.8 326.9 5.52 8 650 3747 1.4 -1.9 78 3.3 -0.3 235 9 310.5 311.5 290.7 326.4 5.10 9 600 4385 -3.7 -4.8 92 1.1 -4.3 221 9 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.8 4.46 10 550 5067 -8.2 -9.6 90 1.4 -8.8 212 9 314.3 315.0 290.3 325.1 3.35 11 500 5801 -12.5 -15.6 77 3.2 -13.6 235 7 317.8 318.3 290.4 325.3 2.26 12 450 6598 -17.4 -20.3 78 2.9 -18.2 250 8 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.2 1.70 13 400 7469 -23.9 -26.2 81 2.3 -24.4 257 9 323.9 324.1 291.1 327.8 1.12 14 350 8429 -31.6 -33.1 87 1.5 -31.8 276 11 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.6 0.67 15 300 9500 -39.9 -43.4 69 3.5 -40.2 302 16 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 16 250 10733 -44.4 -61.9 12 17.5 -45.0 303 20 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12211 -49.0 -71.5 6 22.5 -49.5 278 22 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 14070 -56.8 -78.7 5 21.8 -57.1 285 19 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16579 -65.5 -83.0 7 17.6 -65.6 247 10 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.87 m Freezing level: 636.58 mb = 3918.04 m = 12854.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.95 mb = 3697.32 m = 12130.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.08 % Est. max temperature: 19.82 C = 67.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.53 mb = 2544.36 m = 8347.55 ft T: 10.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 647.66 mb = 3775.46 m = 12386.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.12 C = 68.22 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6678.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.62 mb = 3300.57 m = 10828.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -4.8 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 11.68 m/s