MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 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 171 1 950 606 2 900 1061 3 850 1541 4 800 2046 5 750 2580 SFC 722 2893 6.9 3.6 79 3.3 5.1 163 2 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.4 6.88 7 700 3146 4.7 1.9 82 2.8 3.1 165 2 307.6 308.8 290.8 326.8 6.27 8 650 3746 0.2 -1.0 91 1.2 -0.4 288 3 309.2 310.2 290.6 326.1 5.46 9 600 4384 -3.6 -5.2 89 1.6 -4.4 321 4 311.9 312.7 290.5 325.6 4.33 10 550 5067 -7.5 -8.9 90 1.4 -8.1 44 2 315.2 315.9 290.7 326.6 3.55 11 500 5802 -12.3 -13.4 91 1.1 -12.7 252 4 318.0 318.6 290.9 327.0 2.71 12 450 6600 -17.3 -18.9 87 1.7 -17.7 203 6 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.90 13 400 7472 -24.2 -25.9 86 1.7 -24.5 225 5 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.6 1.16 14 350 8431 -31.5 -36.4 62 4.8 -32.1 248 3 326.3 326.3 291.2 328.0 0.49 15 300 9501 -39.9 -46.3 50 6.4 -40.4 28 1 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.20 16 250 10734 -43.5 -63.3 9 19.8 -44.2 234 13 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 17 200 12213 -49.5 -73.3 4 23.8 -50.0 243 16 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.01 18 150 14071 -56.3 -80.7 3 24.3 -56.6 254 20 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16584 -64.7 -83.1 6 18.4 -64.8 187 1 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.15 m Freezing level: 647.50 mb = 3777.72 m = 12393.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3668.01 m = 12033.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.61 % Est. max temperature: 12.65 C = 54.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.14 mb = 3307.90 m = 10852.55 ft T: 3.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 2.83 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.80 mb = 3847.02 m = 12621.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.92 C = 48.05 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7210.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 650.00 mb = 3745.79 m = 12289.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 3.7 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 2.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.35 Bulk Shear: 1.40 m/s