MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 38.92,-109.17 Latitude: 38.92 Longitude: -109.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 501 2 900 958 3 850 1441 SFC 816 1788 13.0 -8.1 22 21.1 3.7 205 13 303.4 303.8 285.8 311.3 2.54 5 800 1951 13.3 -8.7 21 22.0 3.7 217 23 305.4 305.8 286.4 313.1 2.47 6 750 2489 8.9 -10.7 24 19.6 0.8 224 33 306.3 306.7 286.5 313.4 2.26 7 700 3055 3.8 -11.9 31 15.7 -2.4 229 38 306.7 307.1 286.6 313.6 2.19 8 650 3650 -1.4 -14.0 38 12.6 -6.0 227 44 307.4 307.8 286.6 313.8 1.99 9 600 4282 -6.2 -16.9 42 10.7 -9.6 219 48 308.9 309.3 286.9 314.5 1.70 10 550 4956 -11.0 -22.7 37 11.7 -14.1 214 54 311.0 311.2 287.0 314.7 1.12 11 500 5680 -16.6 -27.7 38 11.1 -19.0 214 61 312.8 312.9 287.2 315.5 0.78 12 450 6462 -22.5 -32.0 42 9.4 -24.1 216 69 314.9 315.0 287.8 317.0 0.58 13 400 7316 -28.5 -39.3 35 10.8 -29.7 218 80 318.0 318.0 288.5 319.1 0.32 14 350 8262 -33.1 -52.2 13 19.1 -34.4 224 91 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.09 15 300 9340 -35.9 -60.1 6 24.2 -37.1 241 111 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.04 16 250 10586 -43.8 -61.7 12 17.8 -44.5 254 114 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 12056 -51.7 -68.2 12 16.5 -52.1 260 96 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 13901 -54.9 -79.9 3 25.0 -55.2 272 70 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16463 -58.6 -84.3 2 25.7 -59.0 252 32 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.00 m Freezing level: 663.30 mb = 3491.99 m = 11456.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.65 mb = 2625.47 m = 8613.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.72 % Est. max temperature: 16.65 C = 61.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 590.79 mb = 4401.87 m = 14441.65 ft T: -7.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 815.7- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 514.84 mb = 5457.89 m = 17906.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.42 C = 70.56 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11027.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 561.56 mb = 4795.13 m = 15731.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 54.3 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 40.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 127.08 m/s