MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 39.33,-106.86 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 584 2 900 1042 3 850 1525 4 800 2036 5 750 2579 SFC 720 2926 13.7 -1.0 36 14.8 5.8 263 4 315.2 316.1 291.9 330.9 4.93 7 700 3155 9.5 -1.9 45 11.4 3.6 235 4 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.0 4.74 8 650 3763 3.6 -3.7 59 7.4 0.0 220 6 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.2 4.46 9 600 4406 -1.6 -7.8 62 6.2 -4.3 230 10 314.3 315.0 290.5 325.6 3.53 10 550 5097 -2.5 -23.1 19 20.7 -8.9 259 16 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.9 1.08 11 500 5847 -6.4 -23.9 24 17.5 -11.6 261 17 325.2 325.5 291.5 329.2 1.11 12 450 6662 -12.2 -28.9 23 16.7 -16.3 264 19 327.9 328.0 291.9 330.7 0.78 13 400 7549 -19.5 -33.9 27 14.4 -22.2 256 24 329.6 329.8 292.2 331.7 0.54 14 350 8525 -27.5 -40.6 28 13.0 -29.2 247 28 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.8 0.32 15 300 9613 -36.3 -46.6 34 10.3 -37.1 246 34 334.2 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.19 16 250 10854 -44.3 -60.2 15 15.9 -45.0 276 42 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12319 -53.7 -61.1 40 7.4 -53.9 288 51 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.05 18 150 14116 -65.3 -71.3 43 6.0 -65.4 280 50 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16566 -68.0 -83.1 10 15.1 -68.1 257 19 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.41 m Freezing level: 615.27 mb = 4209.43 m = 13810.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.77 mb = 3765.53 m = 12353.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.08 % Est. max temperature: 16.63 C = 61.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 575.13 mb = 4741.93 m = 15557.33 ft T: -2.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 5.95 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 491.99 mb = 5972.28 m = 19593.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.84 F Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lifted Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5645.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 578.57 mb = 4694.64 m = 15402.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 23.11 m/s