MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 111 1 950 547 2 900 1006 3 850 1491 4 800 2004 5 750 2549 SFC 705 3063 14.7 -2.5 30 17.2 5.6 291 5 318.1 319.0 292.4 332.7 4.52 7 700 3129 12.5 -3.1 34 15.6 4.4 289 6 316.4 317.2 291.8 330.3 4.36 8 650 3743 6.7 -5.0 43 11.7 1.0 290 7 316.6 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.06 9 600 4393 0.4 -6.2 61 6.6 -2.7 287 7 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.5 4.03 10 550 5083 -5.8 -7.9 85 2.1 -6.7 284 7 317.2 318.0 291.6 329.6 3.83 11 500 5822 -11.5 -12.4 93 0.9 -11.8 280 8 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.7 2.96 12 450 6623 -16.0 -18.3 82 2.3 -16.7 276 12 323.1 323.5 291.7 329.9 2.01 13 400 7499 -22.4 -22.4 99 0.1 -22.4 258 15 325.9 326.2 292.1 331.4 1.58 14 350 8466 -29.4 -29.5 100 0.1 -29.5 246 21 329.1 329.2 292.4 332.5 0.95 15 300 9548 -37.9 -42.0 66 4.1 -38.3 236 19 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.32 16 250 10775 -48.4 -50.0 83 1.6 -48.4 222 13 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 17 200 12220 -52.9 -68.1 14 15.2 -53.2 238 26 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14060 -57.9 -80.0 4 22.1 -58.2 262 21 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16547 -67.1 -83.1 9 15.9 -67.2 270 14 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.86 m Freezing level: 596.79 mb = 4437.37 m = 14558.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.82 mb = 3909.52 m = 12826.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.24 % Est. max temperature: 13.89 C = 57.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 543.63 mb = 5173.37 m = 16972.78 ft T: -6.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 3.12 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 536.91 mb = 5269.77 m = 17289.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.36 C = 57.85 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 544.90 mb = 5155.33 m = 16913.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 509.90 mb = 5670.09 m = 18602.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.90 mb = 6134.08 m = 20124.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 469.90 mb = 6294.19 m = 20649.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 6.17 m/s