MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 556 2 900 1015 3 850 1500 SFC 816 1842 13.2 1.6 45 11.5 7.0 144 4 303.4 304.4 288.6 319.4 5.28 5 800 2013 15.3 1.5 39 13.8 7.8 140 8 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.8 5.32 6 750 2558 13.9 -0.9 36 14.8 6.1 130 6 311.7 312.6 290.8 326.8 4.79 7 700 3135 10.1 -2.7 41 12.7 3.5 109 5 313.6 314.5 291.1 327.9 4.49 8 650 3746 5.1 -4.1 51 9.2 0.5 130 7 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.6 4.34 9 600 4393 -0.5 -5.8 67 5.3 -3.0 158 8 315.5 316.3 291.4 328.8 4.13 10 550 5082 -5.4 -10.1 69 4.7 -7.4 172 8 317.6 318.3 291.2 328.1 3.22 11 500 5824 -9.9 -19.1 47 9.3 -12.8 150 9 321.0 321.4 290.8 326.8 1.69 12 450 6629 -15.0 -29.7 28 14.6 -18.3 130 8 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.72 13 400 7507 -21.6 -34.1 32 12.5 -23.8 121 6 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.8 0.53 14 350 8475 -29.3 -38.9 39 9.6 -30.6 110 4 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.37 15 300 9558 -37.3 -47.7 33 10.4 -38.1 60 6 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.17 16 250 10792 -45.9 -58.5 23 12.6 -46.4 68 9 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.06 17 200 12245 -55.1 -66.6 23 11.5 -55.3 65 25 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14060 -59.8 -79.2 6 19.3 -60.0 204 8 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16534 -68.2 -83.4 10 15.2 -68.3 250 16 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.50 m Freezing level: 604.46 mb = 4335.19 m = 14222.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.22 mb = 3843.37 m = 12609.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.19 % Est. max temperature: 23.48 C = 74.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.52 mb = 3307.70 m = 10851.90 ft T: 8.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 561.04 mb = 4924.86 m = 16157.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.13 C = 79.03 F Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lifted Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6373.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 618.62 mb = 4145.90 m = 13601.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.7 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 170.7 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: -3.5 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 492.99 Bulk Shear: 0.06 m/s