MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 585 2 900 1041 3 850 1522 4 800 2029 5 750 2567 SFC 706 3061 8.9 -8.3 29 17.3 1.2 259 1 311.6 312.1 289.0 320.8 2.88 7 700 3138 9.0 -8.9 27 17.9 1.0 249 2 312.4 312.9 289.2 321.4 2.78 8 650 3746 4.4 -10.5 33 14.9 -1.9 279 7 313.9 314.4 289.5 322.5 2.64 9 600 4390 -1.4 -8.6 58 7.3 -4.6 289 15 314.5 315.1 290.3 325.2 3.32 10 550 5077 -6.0 -12.9 58 6.9 -8.7 287 20 316.9 317.4 290.4 325.4 2.58 11 500 5817 -10.5 -16.6 61 6.1 -12.6 279 18 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.3 2.09 12 450 6620 -15.5 -21.9 58 6.4 -17.3 265 16 323.8 324.1 291.4 328.9 1.47 13 400 7499 -21.8 -24.8 76 3.1 -22.5 245 15 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.2 1.28 14 350 8467 -29.1 -29.4 97 0.3 -29.2 240 16 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.96 15 300 9550 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 221 24 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.2 0.50 16 250 10777 -48.4 -48.6 97 0.2 -48.4 243 23 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.18 17 200 12224 -52.0 -71.5 8 19.5 -52.4 235 20 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14067 -58.1 -80.0 4 21.8 -58.4 239 25 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16557 -67.2 -82.9 9 15.7 -67.3 287 21 397.9 397.9 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.52 m Freezing level: 612.07 mb = 4234.82 m = 13893.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.83 mb = 3341.55 m = 10962.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.69 % Est. max temperature: 13.51 C = 56.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 541.49 mb = 5198.40 m = 17054.90 ft T: -6.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 706.5--493268195371108428283495776780288.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 465.53 mb = 6361.91 m = 20872.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.99 C = 66.18 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7495.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 524.81 mb = 5441.32 m = 17851.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.6 neg: -9.9 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 17.59 m/s