MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 97 1 950 534 2 900 994 3 850 1480 4 800 1996 5 750 2546 SFC 716 2939 17.6 -1.5 27 19.1 7.1 157 3 319.9 320.9 293.2 335.5 4.79 7 700 3130 14.2 -2.5 31 16.7 5.4 167 4 318.2 319.1 292.5 333.0 4.56 8 650 3748 8.2 -4.0 42 12.2 2.0 179 6 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.4 4.37 9 600 4401 1.7 -5.0 61 6.7 -1.6 181 8 318.1 318.9 292.3 332.3 4.39 10 550 5095 -4.6 -6.5 87 1.9 -5.4 181 9 318.6 319.5 292.4 332.5 4.29 11 500 5838 -10.1 -10.4 98 0.3 -10.2 181 11 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.2 3.48 12 450 6641 -16.2 -16.6 97 0.3 -16.3 164 13 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.7 2.32 13 400 7516 -22.0 -28.5 56 6.4 -23.4 149 11 326.4 326.5 291.6 329.6 0.91 14 350 8485 -28.8 -37.7 42 8.9 -30.0 150 12 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.43 15 300 9569 -37.0 -46.7 36 9.6 -37.8 196 11 333.2 333.2 292.8 333.9 0.19 16 250 10803 -46.0 -56.3 30 10.4 -46.4 114 26 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.07 17 200 12259 -54.4 -64.1 29 9.7 -54.6 106 33 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14070 -60.6 -78.9 7 18.3 -60.8 158 12 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16544 -67.2 -83.5 8 16.3 -67.3 240 15 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.55 m Freezing level: 586.51 mb = 4588.44 m = 15053.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.85 mb = 4109.29 m = 13481.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.23 % Est. max temperature: 16.30 C = 61.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 536.87 mb = 5283.13 m = 17332.90 ft T: -5.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 3.23 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 533.30 mb = 5335.12 m = 17503.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.09 C = 62.75 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 540.12 mb = 5236.08 m = 17178.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 505.12 mb = 5758.29 m = 18891.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.12 mb = 8178.17 m = 26830.94 ft B at Equ Level: 51.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.12 mb = 9679.58 m = 31756.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.2 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 196.2 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.41 Bulk Shear: 4.59 m/s