MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z MON 29 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 140 1 950 576 2 900 1034 3 850 1517 SFC 818 1842 11.6 5.4 66 6.2 8.0 159 2 301.6 302.9 289.4 322.1 6.88 5 800 2027 13.0 4.3 56 8.7 8.1 145 4 305.0 306.2 290.2 324.8 6.53 6 750 2567 10.4 2.3 57 8.1 5.9 177 5 307.8 308.9 290.7 326.3 6.03 7 700 3138 6.4 0.0 64 6.4 3.1 218 7 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.6 5.48 8 650 3741 1.7 -2.9 72 4.5 -0.6 206 10 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.7 4.76 9 600 4381 -3.2 -6.5 78 3.3 -4.7 195 13 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.9 3.92 10 550 5063 -7.8 -11.9 73 4.0 -9.4 190 14 314.8 315.3 289.9 323.9 2.80 11 500 5798 -12.6 -16.5 73 3.9 -13.9 191 12 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.7 2.10 12 450 6594 -18.0 -20.7 80 2.7 -18.8 207 10 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.1 1.64 13 400 7462 -24.7 -26.7 83 2.0 -25.1 205 10 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.6 1.07 14 350 8419 -32.4 -34.8 79 2.4 -32.7 206 8 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.57 15 300 9486 -40.7 -42.4 83 1.7 -40.8 314 6 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.30 16 250 10717 -43.4 -63.2 9 19.8 -44.1 262 11 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 17 200 12199 -49.2 -73.4 4 24.2 -49.7 241 12 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14054 -56.2 -80.0 4 23.8 -56.5 258 18 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16573 -64.8 -83.2 6 18.4 -64.9 259 7 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.58 m Freezing level: 633.03 mb = 3958.15 m = 12985.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.79 mb = 3644.12 m = 11955.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.42 % Est. max temperature: 19.88 C = 67.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.22 mb = 2631.38 m = 8633.05 ft T: 9.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 636.91 mb = 3903.62 m = 12807.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.68 C = 69.23 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6580.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.21 mb = 3383.38 m = 11100.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 227.4 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 7.56 m/s