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: 39.30,-106.89 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 584 2 900 1040 3 850 1521 4 800 2029 5 750 2566 SFC 717 2937 9.5 -7.8 29 17.3 1.7 253 1 310.8 311.4 288.8 320.3 2.96 7 700 3138 9.0 -8.8 27 17.8 1.0 242 2 312.4 312.9 289.2 321.4 2.80 8 650 3746 4.3 -9.9 35 14.2 -1.8 276 8 313.9 314.4 289.6 322.8 2.77 9 600 4390 -1.4 -8.6 58 7.2 -4.5 287 16 314.5 315.1 290.3 325.2 3.33 10 550 5077 -6.1 -13.7 55 7.6 -8.9 286 20 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.9 2.42 11 500 5817 -10.6 -16.8 60 6.2 -12.7 280 18 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.0 2.05 12 450 6620 -15.5 -22.3 56 6.8 -17.4 264 16 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.6 1.42 13 400 7498 -21.8 -25.1 74 3.3 -22.5 245 15 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.1 1.25 14 350 8467 -29.0 -29.5 96 0.5 -29.1 242 16 329.6 329.8 292.5 333.0 0.95 15 300 9549 -37.7 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.7 222 23 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.2 0.50 16 250 10777 -48.4 -48.8 97 0.3 -48.4 240 23 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.18 17 200 12223 -51.9 -71.5 8 19.5 -52.3 237 20 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 14066 -58.1 -80.0 4 21.9 -58.3 239 24 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16556 -67.1 -82.9 9 15.7 -67.2 287 21 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.19 m Freezing level: 612.27 mb = 4232.16 m = 13884.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.94 mb = 3352.17 m = 10997.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.36 % Est. max temperature: 14.24 C = 57.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 549.79 mb = 5080.08 m = 16666.73 ft T: -6.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 468.75 mb = 6308.70 m = 20697.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.95 C = 67.91 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7191.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 528.56 mb = 5385.70 m = 17669.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.2 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 295.2 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -7.4 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 19.65 m/s