MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 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 104 1 950 540 2 900 999 3 850 1485 4 800 2000 5 750 2548 SFC 729 2792 15.2 -0.6 34 15.8 6.6 326 3 315.7 316.6 292.2 331.7 5.02 7 700 3129 12.4 -3.0 34 15.4 4.4 319 4 316.2 317.0 291.7 330.2 4.37 8 650 3744 6.6 -4.6 44 11.2 1.1 326 4 316.5 317.3 291.7 329.9 4.18 9 600 4394 0.4 -5.7 64 6.1 -2.5 329 3 316.5 317.4 291.7 329.9 4.16 10 550 5084 -5.6 -8.3 81 2.7 -6.8 276 2 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.5 3.73 11 500 5824 -10.7 -14.9 71 4.1 -12.2 288 5 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.0 2.41 12 450 6627 -15.7 -20.4 67 4.8 -17.1 295 9 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.3 1.68 13 400 7505 -21.9 -23.5 87 1.6 -22.2 280 11 326.6 326.9 292.2 331.6 1.44 14 350 8473 -29.3 -30.6 88 1.3 -29.5 265 21 329.3 329.4 292.3 332.4 0.86 15 300 9554 -37.8 -41.9 65 4.1 -38.1 273 19 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.32 16 250 10783 -48.1 -49.0 91 0.8 -48.2 258 12 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.18 17 200 12229 -53.7 -67.5 17 13.8 -53.9 258 20 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14059 -58.3 -79.8 5 21.5 -58.5 270 20 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16542 -67.2 -83.3 8 16.1 -67.3 274 17 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.69 m Freezing level: 596.89 mb = 4436.57 m = 14555.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.97 mb = 3933.88 m = 12906.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.94 % Est. max temperature: 16.35 C = 61.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 573.69 mb = 4749.46 m = 15582.03 ft T: -2.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 541.60 mb = 5203.55 m = 17071.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.18 C = 62.92 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5323.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 553.01 mb = 5040.71 m = 16537.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.3 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 313.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 4.10 m/s