MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 39.54,-103.91 Latitude: 39.54 Longitude: -103.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 525 2 900 990 3 850 1485 SFC 834 1647 24.3 5.9 30 18.5 13.1 92 2 313.3 314.6 293.1 335.1 6.99 5 800 2011 19.8 4.7 37 15.1 10.9 143 2 312.3 313.5 292.6 333.1 6.69 6 750 2562 14.4 3.7 48 10.8 8.2 182 3 312.2 313.5 292.5 332.9 6.64 7 700 3139 8.9 2.5 64 6.4 5.3 194 5 312.3 313.6 292.4 332.7 6.55 8 650 3747 3.4 0.3 80 3.1 1.7 214 8 312.8 314.0 292.2 331.7 6.03 9 600 4391 -1.2 -6.0 70 4.8 -3.4 241 11 314.7 315.5 291.0 327.7 4.08 10 550 5079 -6.1 -13.9 54 7.9 -9.0 245 14 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.7 2.37 11 500 5817 -11.6 -18.4 57 6.8 -13.7 244 17 318.9 319.3 290.3 325.0 1.79 12 450 6616 -16.9 -23.1 59 6.2 -18.6 242 22 322.0 322.2 290.7 326.5 1.32 13 400 7488 -24.1 -29.5 61 5.4 -25.2 238 22 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.83 14 350 8446 -32.0 -38.0 55 6.1 -32.7 235 25 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.2 0.41 15 300 9521 -37.1 -53.5 17 16.3 -38.1 218 32 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 16 250 10766 -42.7 -64.3 8 21.6 -43.5 228 24 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12247 -49.7 -72.2 5 22.6 -50.2 236 24 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14103 -56.7 -80.7 3 24.1 -56.9 248 19 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16600 -66.3 -82.9 8 16.6 -66.4 256 4 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.74 m Freezing level: 613.29 mb = 4220.18 m = 13845.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.14 mb = 3958.56 m = 12987.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.70 % Est. max temperature: 23.58 C = 74.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 635.06 mb = 3934.16 m = 12907.20 ft T: 2.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 10.39 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.46 mb = 4043.93 m = 13267.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.48 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 360.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 637.30 mb = 3905.80 m = 12814.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.30 mb = 4360.61 m = 14306.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.30 mb = 9467.65 m = 31061.47 ft B at Equ Level: 352.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.30 mb = 11253.29 m = 36919.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 15.65 Bulk Shear: 23.07 m/s