MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 86 1 950 523 2 900 986 3 850 1478 SFC 815 1843 21.1 5.3 36 15.8 11.7 247 11 312.0 313.4 292.6 333.4 6.88 5 800 2000 19.3 5.0 39 14.3 10.8 247 12 311.7 313.0 292.5 332.9 6.85 6 750 2550 14.9 3.0 45 11.9 8.0 241 12 312.7 314.0 292.4 332.5 6.34 7 700 3129 10.0 1.0 54 9.0 5.1 240 6 313.6 314.7 292.3 332.2 5.91 8 650 3740 5.0 -1.1 65 6.1 1.8 178 2 314.6 315.7 292.2 331.9 5.45 9 600 4387 -0.4 -3.4 81 2.9 -1.9 101 6 315.6 316.6 292.1 331.5 4.98 10 550 5077 -5.5 -6.9 90 1.4 -6.1 109 16 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.0 4.15 11 500 5818 -10.2 -12.7 82 2.5 -11.2 119 25 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.2 2.88 12 450 6622 -15.5 -20.5 66 5.0 -17.0 132 23 323.7 324.0 291.5 329.4 1.66 13 400 7500 -21.7 -23.7 83 2.1 -22.2 170 14 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.8 1.41 14 350 8470 -28.6 -30.7 82 2.1 -29.0 177 17 330.2 330.3 292.6 333.2 0.85 15 300 9553 -37.3 -38.7 87 1.4 -37.5 167 21 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.4 0.45 16 250 10784 -47.9 -48.4 94 0.5 -47.9 150 28 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.19 17 200 12230 -54.2 -62.4 36 8.2 -54.4 148 21 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14057 -57.5 -79.7 4 22.2 -57.8 185 18 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16547 -67.5 -83.5 9 16.0 -67.6 229 17 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.40 m Freezing level: 603.96 mb = 4335.89 m = 14225.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.32 mb = 4052.83 m = 13296.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.68 % Est. max temperature: 23.29 C = 73.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.94 mb = 3815.66 m = 12518.40 ft T: 4.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 4.05 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.74 mb = 4296.83 m = 14097.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.89 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 631.95 mb = 3967.62 m = 13016.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.95 mb = 5119.95 m = 16797.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.95 mb = 7555.50 m = 24788.08 ft B at Equ Level: 23.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 336.95 mb = 8736.96 m = 28664.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.5 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 172.5 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.2 neg: -6.7 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 53.07 m/s