MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 123 1 950 559 2 900 1018 3 850 1502 4 800 2015 5 750 2559 SFC 717 2938 14.8 -3.9 27 18.7 5.2 287 5 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.6 4.01 7 700 3137 11.2 -4.7 33 15.8 3.3 277 6 314.8 315.6 290.9 327.2 3.86 8 650 3749 5.3 -6.0 44 11.4 -0.0 280 9 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.0 3.75 9 600 4395 -0.8 -7.4 61 6.6 -3.8 284 11 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.0 3.65 10 550 5083 -6.7 -9.1 83 2.4 -7.7 285 13 316.1 316.8 291.0 327.4 3.50 11 500 5820 -11.2 -14.6 76 3.4 -12.4 278 16 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.6 2.47 12 450 6622 -15.7 -20.5 67 4.7 -17.1 268 15 323.5 323.8 291.5 329.2 1.67 13 400 7500 -22.0 -23.5 87 1.5 -22.4 245 15 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.4 1.43 14 350 8468 -29.2 -29.2 100 0.0 -29.2 226 18 329.4 329.6 292.5 332.9 0.98 15 300 9549 -37.9 -38.7 92 0.8 -37.9 228 22 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.45 16 250 10777 -48.5 -48.9 96 0.4 -48.5 251 17 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.18 17 200 12221 -53.4 -68.6 14 15.2 -53.7 216 26 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14061 -57.7 -80.0 4 22.3 -57.9 249 26 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16552 -66.9 -83.0 9 16.1 -67.0 285 14 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.35 m Freezing level: 606.37 mb = 4312.98 m = 14150.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.58 mb = 3741.37 m = 12274.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.84 % Est. max temperature: 13.99 C = 57.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 540.22 mb = 5221.57 m = 17130.93 ft T: -7.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 2.66 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 528.71 mb = 5388.20 m = 17677.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.50 C = 59.91 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5959.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 545.50 mb = 5146.28 m = 16883.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -1.4 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 8.88 m/s