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: 39.30,-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 107 1 950 543 2 900 1002 3 850 1487 4 800 2002 5 750 2548 SFC 716 2939 15.9 -2.4 28 18.3 6.1 288 5 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.4 4.47 7 700 3129 12.5 -3.4 33 15.9 4.3 287 6 316.3 317.1 291.7 329.9 4.25 8 650 3743 6.6 -5.1 43 11.7 0.8 288 7 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.4 4.02 9 600 4393 0.3 -6.3 61 6.6 -2.8 285 7 316.5 317.2 291.5 329.3 3.98 10 550 5083 -5.9 -8.2 84 2.3 -6.9 282 8 317.1 317.9 291.5 329.3 3.75 11 500 5821 -11.5 -12.7 91 1.2 -12.0 280 9 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.5 2.88 12 450 6623 -16.0 -18.6 80 2.6 -16.8 278 13 323.2 323.6 291.7 329.9 1.97 13 400 7499 -22.4 -22.4 99 0.1 -22.4 261 14 325.9 326.2 292.1 331.4 1.58 14 350 8466 -29.4 -29.4 100 0.0 -29.4 245 21 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.5 0.95 15 300 9547 -38.0 -41.2 72 3.2 -38.3 236 20 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.35 16 250 10774 -48.4 -50.1 82 1.7 -48.4 227 13 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 17 200 12219 -52.8 -68.2 14 15.4 -53.2 240 26 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14058 -58.0 -80.0 4 22.0 -58.2 260 21 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16546 -67.0 -83.1 8 16.2 -67.1 271 15 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.68 m Freezing level: 597.60 mb = 4426.02 m = 14520.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3889.09 m = 12759.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.05 % Est. max temperature: 14.91 C = 58.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 542.85 mb = 5184.08 m = 17007.92 ft T: -6.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.91 C/km ThetaE index: 3.92 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 536.72 mb = 5272.16 m = 17296.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.54 C = 59.96 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 544.66 mb = 5158.25 m = 16923.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 509.66 mb = 5673.09 m = 18612.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 489.66 mb = 5980.32 m = 19620.25 ft B at Equ Level: 4.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 459.66 mb = 6461.10 m = 21197.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.2 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 296.2 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 5.56 m/s