MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 39.33,-106.89 Latitude: 39.33 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 136 1 950 572 2 900 1030 3 850 1514 4 800 2026 5 750 2569 SFC 721 2897 13.9 0.1 39 13.9 6.3 276 3 315.2 316.2 292.3 332.1 5.34 7 700 3145 9.8 -0.7 48 10.5 4.2 257 3 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.7 5.19 8 650 3754 4.3 -2.6 61 6.9 0.8 234 4 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.2 4.86 9 600 4399 -1.4 -4.5 79 3.2 -2.9 207 6 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.0 4.55 10 550 5086 -6.5 -11.2 69 4.7 -8.4 198 9 316.4 317.0 290.6 326.0 2.95 11 500 5824 -11.4 -20.9 45 9.5 -14.2 196 16 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.0 1.44 12 450 6623 -16.9 -25.3 48 8.3 -19.0 189 21 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.09 13 400 7497 -23.0 -28.9 59 5.8 -24.2 184 27 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.2 0.88 14 350 8459 -30.7 -33.5 77 2.7 -31.2 181 29 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.7 0.65 15 300 9533 -39.8 -41.5 83 1.7 -39.9 187 32 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.34 16 250 10754 -48.1 -55.9 40 7.8 -48.4 190 39 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 17 200 12207 -53.1 -67.7 15 14.6 -53.4 190 31 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14047 -56.1 -80.3 3 24.3 -56.4 190 26 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16558 -65.6 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.8 208 11 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.28 m Freezing level: 611.98 mb = 4244.91 m = 13926.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.10 mb = 3890.63 m = 12764.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.22 % Est. max temperature: 14.29 C = 57.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 584.57 mb = 4605.10 m = 15108.40 ft T: -2.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 8.15 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 574.61 mb = 4740.82 m = 15553.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.18 C = 57.52 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 587.20 mb = 4569.70 m = 14992.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 502.20 mb = 5790.29 m = 18996.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.20 mb = 6922.42 m = 22711.07 ft B at Equ Level: 7.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 382.20 mb = 7824.68 m = 25671.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.4 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 219.4 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 32.45 m/s