MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 39.30,-106.94 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 541 2 900 1000 3 850 1486 4 800 2000 5 750 2547 SFC 720 2894 15.7 -1.3 31 17.0 6.5 288 2 317.4 318.3 292.5 332.9 4.83 7 700 3127 12.1 -2.2 37 14.3 4.6 275 2 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.8 4.65 8 650 3741 6.3 -3.8 48 10.1 1.2 248 2 316.1 316.9 291.8 330.3 4.44 9 600 4390 0.0 -5.2 68 5.2 -2.4 199 3 316.2 317.0 291.7 330.1 4.34 10 550 5079 -6.0 -7.5 89 1.5 -6.7 168 6 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.8 3.97 11 500 5818 -11.9 -12.4 96 0.5 -12.1 165 12 318.6 319.1 291.2 328.3 2.95 12 450 6616 -17.5 -20.6 77 3.1 -18.4 180 21 321.3 321.6 290.8 326.9 1.65 13 400 7488 -23.4 -27.6 68 4.2 -24.2 178 25 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.1 0.99 14 350 8451 -30.4 -31.6 89 1.2 -30.6 194 26 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.6 0.78 15 300 9527 -38.5 -38.6 99 0.1 -38.5 191 54 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.45 16 250 10752 -48.0 -51.5 67 3.5 -48.1 192 49 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.13 17 200 12206 -53.3 -68.5 14 15.2 -53.6 197 36 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14044 -55.0 -80.4 3 25.4 -55.4 193 25 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16562 -65.2 -83.0 7 17.9 -65.3 212 11 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.05 m Freezing level: 599.63 mb = 4394.97 m = 14419.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.60 mb = 3948.20 m = 12953.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.04 % Est. max temperature: 15.09 C = 59.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 556.56 mb = 4985.42 m = 16356.17 ft T: -5.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 5.97 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.44 mb = 5044.29 m = 16549.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.33 C = 59.60 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 558.15 mb = 4962.79 m = 16281.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 533.15 mb = 5320.43 m = 17455.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.15 mb = 8385.89 m = 27512.44 ft B at Equ Level: 85.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.15 mb = 10157.37 m = 33324.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.5 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 213.5 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -0.9 tot: 27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 29.31 m/s