MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 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 114 1 950 550 2 900 1008 3 850 1492 4 800 2005 5 750 2549 SFC 719 2898 14.0 -2.2 33 16.2 5.5 238 11 315.5 316.4 291.7 330.0 4.52 7 700 3126 10.4 -3.5 37 14.0 3.4 234 16 314.0 314.8 291.0 327.4 4.20 8 650 3736 4.7 -5.5 48 10.2 -0.2 232 18 314.3 315.0 290.8 326.8 3.91 9 600 4381 -1.4 -6.9 66 5.5 -3.9 228 18 314.5 315.2 290.7 326.6 3.80 10 550 5066 -7.6 -9.0 90 1.4 -8.2 226 20 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.4 3.52 11 500 5800 -13.1 -15.9 80 2.8 -14.0 224 25 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.3 2.21 12 450 6594 -18.6 -19.8 90 1.2 -18.9 215 36 319.9 320.3 290.5 325.9 1.77 13 400 7463 -23.8 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 227 39 324.1 324.4 291.4 328.9 1.40 14 350 8427 -30.0 -30.0 100 -0.0 -30.0 230 34 328.4 328.5 292.2 331.6 0.91 15 300 9504 -38.9 -38.9 100 -0.0 -38.9 211 44 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.2 0.44 16 250 10730 -47.7 -50.2 75 2.5 -47.8 213 42 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.15 17 200 12184 -52.9 -66.0 19 13.1 -53.2 237 44 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14022 -56.3 -78.8 4 22.5 -56.6 238 45 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.01 19 100 16552 -63.8 -83.4 5 19.5 -64.0 231 32 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.19 m Freezing level: 611.77 mb = 4229.29 m = 13875.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.22 mb = 3707.90 m = 12164.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.70 % Est. max temperature: 13.37 C = 56.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 562.70 mb = 4886.61 m = 16031.98 ft T: -6.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.81 C/km ThetaE index: 5.64 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 554.00 mb = 5009.32 m = 16434.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.53 C = 56.35 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 558.99 mb = 4938.73 m = 16203.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 533.99 mb = 5293.77 m = 17367.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 423.99 mb = 7033.42 m = 23075.24 ft B at Equ Level: 25.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 383.99 mb = 7757.90 m = 25452.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 22.56 m/s