MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 39.45,-104.41 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -104.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 517 2 900 981 3 850 1473 SFC 814 1853 22.9 4.9 31 18.0 12.1 84 5 314.1 315.3 293.0 335.0 6.67 5 800 1998 20.5 3.9 34 16.5 10.7 94 5 313.0 314.2 292.5 332.8 6.35 6 750 2549 15.0 2.8 44 12.3 8.0 133 4 312.9 314.1 292.3 332.4 6.23 7 700 3127 9.5 1.5 58 7.9 5.1 172 5 313.0 314.1 292.3 332.1 6.12 8 650 3736 3.7 0.1 77 3.6 1.8 191 7 313.2 314.3 292.2 331.8 5.94 9 600 4380 -2.0 -2.9 93 0.9 -2.5 209 11 313.8 314.8 291.7 330.0 5.14 10 550 5066 -6.8 -10.7 74 3.9 -8.3 228 15 316.1 316.6 290.6 326.1 3.09 11 500 5805 -10.6 -20.0 46 9.3 -13.5 232 16 320.1 320.4 290.4 325.4 1.57 12 450 6607 -16.4 -25.4 46 9.0 -18.6 228 16 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.4 1.08 13 400 7481 -23.2 -33.2 40 9.9 -24.9 227 16 324.8 324.9 290.9 326.9 0.58 14 350 8442 -31.2 -40.0 41 8.8 -32.2 216 15 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.34 15 300 9519 -37.3 -54.6 15 17.2 -38.4 192 23 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 16 250 10762 -42.9 -64.4 8 21.5 -43.6 231 17 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 17 200 12242 -49.9 -72.3 5 22.4 -50.4 249 21 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14092 -56.8 -80.6 3 23.8 -57.1 264 15 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16593 -66.6 -82.9 8 16.3 -66.7 240 9 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.84 m Freezing level: 617.68 mb = 4152.70 m = 13624.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.22 mb = 3997.83 m = 13116.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.39 % Est. max temperature: 22.03 C = 71.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 622.39 mb = 4085.66 m = 13404.22 ft T: 0.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.75 mb = 4132.84 m = 13559.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.43 C = 72.38 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 215.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 623.31 mb = 4073.80 m = 13365.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.31 mb = 4269.79 m = 14008.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.31 mb = 9104.78 m = 29870.98 ft B at Equ Level: 215.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.31 mb = 10806.90 m = 35455.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.83 Bulk Shear: 27.57 m/s