MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 40.16,-103.67 Latitude: 40.16 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 517 2 900 984 SFC 858 1400 25.7 7.1 30 18.6 14.2 193 2 312.2 313.6 293.1 335.1 7.37 4 850 1483 24.1 6.4 32 17.7 13.3 193 2 311.4 312.7 292.6 333.4 7.11 5 800 2008 18.8 5.4 41 13.4 10.8 190 4 311.2 312.5 292.5 333.0 7.05 6 750 2557 13.5 4.3 54 9.2 8.2 189 5 311.2 312.5 292.4 332.8 6.97 7 700 3132 8.2 2.6 68 5.5 5.1 193 6 311.6 312.8 292.3 332.1 6.63 8 650 3740 3.9 -2.6 63 6.4 0.6 210 9 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.7 4.87 9 600 4385 -1.0 -7.0 64 6.0 -3.7 221 11 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.1 3.77 10 550 5073 -6.1 -12.1 63 6.0 -8.4 226 14 316.9 317.4 290.5 325.9 2.76 11 500 5811 -11.6 -17.1 64 5.5 -13.4 220 18 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.6 2.01 12 450 6609 -17.5 -23.4 60 5.9 -19.0 222 21 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.7 1.28 13 400 7480 -24.2 -29.1 64 4.9 -25.1 225 24 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.7 0.86 14 350 8438 -31.9 -36.5 63 4.6 -32.5 225 25 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.5 0.48 15 300 9512 -37.6 -53.0 18 15.4 -38.6 213 34 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 16 250 10754 -43.4 -63.0 10 19.6 -44.1 216 32 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12235 -49.4 -73.3 4 23.9 -49.9 215 25 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14086 -56.7 -80.9 3 24.2 -57.0 243 24 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16592 -65.9 -83.1 7 17.2 -66.1 242 10 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.64 m Freezing level: 610.26 mb = 4252.30 m = 13950.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.02 mb = 3826.69 m = 12554.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.82 % Est. max temperature: 25.01 C = 77.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 651.88 mb = 3715.95 m = 12191.27 ft T: 4.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 9.48 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.05 mb = 3978.00 m = 13051.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.22 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 36.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.36 mb = 3684.78 m = 12089.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.36 mb = 4661.35 m = 15292.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.36 mb = 9526.46 m = 31254.42 ft B at Equ Level: 351.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.36 mb = 11325.53 m = 37156.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 27.81 Bulk Shear: 12.90 m/s