MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 27 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 124 1 950 560 2 900 1019 3 850 1504 4 800 2018 5 750 2565 SFC 717 2938 16.2 -1.6 30 17.8 6.5 224 1 318.1 319.1 292.6 333.4 4.74 7 700 3145 12.3 -2.7 35 15.1 4.5 183 3 316.2 317.0 291.9 330.5 4.48 8 650 3760 6.7 -4.7 44 11.4 1.1 169 8 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.0 4.16 9 600 4410 0.5 -6.1 61 6.6 -2.6 170 10 316.8 317.5 291.6 329.8 4.05 10 550 5100 -5.5 -8.2 82 2.7 -6.7 174 11 317.5 318.2 291.6 329.7 3.75 11 500 5841 -10.3 -15.8 64 5.5 -12.2 165 9 320.5 320.9 291.1 327.9 2.23 12 450 6645 -15.5 -22.1 57 6.5 -17.4 145 9 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.7 1.45 13 400 7523 -21.8 -30.8 44 9.0 -23.5 131 9 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.3 0.73 14 350 8491 -29.1 -42.1 27 13.0 -30.6 108 9 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.27 15 300 9574 -37.0 -52.0 20 15.0 -38.0 108 20 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 16 250 10810 -45.6 -56.6 28 11.0 -46.0 99 35 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.07 17 200 12265 -54.8 -62.3 39 7.5 -54.9 91 38 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14076 -60.5 -78.1 8 17.6 -60.7 160 7 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16548 -67.8 -83.5 9 15.7 -67.9 250 14 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.35 m Freezing level: 595.52 mb = 4471.49 m = 14670.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.21 mb = 3946.52 m = 12947.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.30 % Est. max temperature: 15.37 C = 59.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 548.54 mb = 5120.90 m = 16800.65 ft T: -5.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 5.45 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 536.62 mb = 5291.61 m = 17360.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.30 C = 61.34 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4671.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 548.66 mb = 5119.17 m = 16794.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 178.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 5.41 m/s