MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 30 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 133 1 950 569 2 900 1027 3 850 1510 SFC 817 1843 12.7 2.5 50 10.2 7.2 150 6 302.9 303.9 288.7 319.8 5.62 5 800 2022 14.6 2.2 43 12.5 7.8 150 12 306.8 307.8 289.9 323.9 5.61 6 750 2566 12.8 0.6 43 12.2 6.2 184 15 310.5 311.5 290.9 327.0 5.33 7 700 3141 8.3 -0.7 53 9.0 3.6 201 21 311.7 312.7 291.2 328.0 5.21 8 650 3747 2.9 -2.8 66 5.7 0.1 215 21 312.2 313.2 290.9 327.3 4.79 9 600 4390 -1.9 -7.8 64 5.9 -4.5 226 19 313.9 314.6 290.4 325.3 3.56 10 550 5078 -4.8 -18.2 34 13.4 -9.4 232 20 318.3 318.7 289.9 323.9 1.65 11 500 5822 -8.8 -22.9 31 14.1 -12.9 241 23 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.5 1.21 12 450 6627 -15.3 -29.4 29 14.1 -18.5 246 25 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.7 0.75 13 400 7506 -20.9 -41.7 14 20.8 -23.9 249 28 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.25 14 350 8479 -28.2 -44.4 20 16.2 -30.0 252 32 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 15 300 9566 -36.2 -42.0 55 5.8 -36.8 255 36 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.6 0.32 16 250 10804 -46.6 -48.6 80 2.0 -46.7 263 46 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.18 17 200 12255 -54.4 -61.5 41 7.1 -54.6 265 45 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14075 -57.7 -78.3 6 20.6 -58.0 239 48 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16568 -66.8 -83.1 8 16.3 -66.9 209 26 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.37 m Freezing level: 619.71 mb = 4136.58 m = 13571.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.14 mb = 3758.08 m = 12329.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.06 % Est. max temperature: 21.41 C = 70.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.21 mb = 3138.52 m = 10296.85 ft T: 8.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 590.23 mb = 4519.53 m = 14827.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.95 C = 75.11 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7525.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.26 mb = 3868.63 m = 12692.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 129.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 57.19 m/s