MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.74,-108.23 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -108.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 553 2 900 1014 3 850 1502 SFC 816 1853 16.4 2.9 40 13.5 8.9 280 1 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.7 5.80 5 800 2019 17.3 1.9 36 15.4 8.8 281 3 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.6 5.49 6 750 2567 13.6 0.2 40 13.5 6.3 250 6 311.4 312.4 291.0 327.5 5.16 7 700 3143 8.5 -1.2 50 9.7 3.4 232 7 311.8 312.8 291.0 327.5 5.00 8 650 3749 2.9 -2.7 66 5.7 0.1 217 11 312.3 313.2 291.0 327.4 4.81 9 600 4392 -2.0 -6.8 70 4.7 -4.1 207 20 313.8 314.5 290.6 326.0 3.84 10 550 5079 -4.6 -18.5 33 13.9 -9.3 230 20 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.1 1.61 11 500 5825 -7.9 -28.6 17 20.7 -13.2 248 21 323.4 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.72 12 450 6634 -13.9 -25.0 39 11.1 -16.9 250 23 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.6 1.12 13 400 7516 -21.6 -25.7 69 4.1 -22.5 241 31 327.0 327.2 292.0 331.1 1.18 14 350 8486 -28.4 -43.4 22 15.0 -30.1 239 37 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 15 300 9570 -37.3 -42.0 62 4.6 -37.8 243 42 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.0 0.32 16 250 10807 -44.5 -59.9 16 15.5 -45.0 246 64 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 17 200 12283 -50.9 -70.2 8 19.3 -51.3 242 82 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14117 -58.9 -79.9 5 21.0 -59.1 231 47 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16596 -67.9 -83.0 10 15.1 -68.0 217 19 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.20 m Freezing level: 620.51 mb = 4128.14 m = 13543.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.07 mb = 3760.70 m = 12338.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.77 % Est. max temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 665.97 mb = 3550.50 m = 11648.47 ft T: 4.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 3.48 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.86 mb = 4647.89 m = 15248.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.22 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7055.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.68 mb = 4106.73 m = 13473.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.2 neg: -1.7 tot: 55.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 28.94 m/s