MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 39.35,-106.97 Latitude: 39.35 Longitude: -106.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 539 2 900 999 3 850 1485 4 800 2001 5 750 2550 SFC 729 2792 17.4 -2.4 26 19.7 6.8 289 5 318.0 318.9 292.3 332.3 4.41 7 700 3131 12.4 -3.7 32 16.1 4.1 288 5 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.5 4.14 8 650 3746 6.5 -5.2 43 11.7 0.8 287 6 316.3 317.0 291.5 329.1 4.00 9 600 4395 0.2 -6.3 61 6.5 -2.9 283 6 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.1 3.97 10 550 5084 -6.2 -7.7 89 1.5 -6.9 278 7 316.7 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.90 11 500 5822 -11.7 -13.2 89 1.5 -12.3 281 9 318.7 319.3 291.1 327.8 2.76 12 450 6622 -16.3 -18.4 84 2.1 -17.0 276 14 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.99 13 400 7498 -22.3 -22.3 100 0.0 -22.4 270 13 326.0 326.3 292.1 331.5 1.59 14 350 8465 -29.6 -29.6 100 -0.0 -29.6 245 19 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.3 0.94 15 300 9547 -37.4 -43.9 51 6.5 -38.0 228 20 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.26 16 250 10777 -48.1 -49.2 88 1.1 -48.1 210 17 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.17 17 200 12220 -53.5 -68.3 15 14.8 -53.8 229 23 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14060 -57.7 -80.3 4 22.6 -57.9 269 20 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16547 -67.5 -83.1 9 15.6 -67.5 278 14 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.41 m Freezing level: 598.56 mb = 4414.66 m = 14483.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.24 mb = 3881.02 m = 12732.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.50 % Est. max temperature: 15.98 C = 60.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 541.31 mb = 5207.58 m = 17085.03 ft T: -7.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 3.16 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.23 mb = 5222.92 m = 17135.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.51 C = 61.72 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 544.33 mb = 5164.44 m = 16943.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 519.33 mb = 5528.60 m = 18138.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 469.33 mb = 6303.06 m = 20679.08 ft B at Equ Level: 12.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 429.33 mb = 6972.08 m = 22874.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.86 Bulk Shear: 4.66 m/s