MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 30 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 124 1 950 560 2 900 1018 3 850 1500 SFC 816 1843 12.4 3.0 53 9.4 7.3 155 7 302.6 303.7 288.8 320.1 5.82 5 800 2011 14.1 2.8 47 11.3 7.9 156 12 306.2 307.3 290.0 324.1 5.88 6 750 2554 11.9 1.5 49 10.3 6.2 188 15 309.5 310.5 290.9 327.1 5.71 7 700 3127 7.2 0.1 61 7.0 3.4 204 18 310.4 311.5 291.0 327.6 5.52 8 650 3731 1.8 -2.5 73 4.4 -0.3 213 19 311.0 312.0 290.6 326.3 4.88 9 600 4371 -2.5 -8.1 65 5.7 -4.9 220 18 313.2 313.9 290.0 324.3 3.45 10 550 5058 -5.2 -19.6 31 14.5 -9.8 232 22 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.9 1.47 11 500 5800 -9.7 -25.6 26 15.9 -14.0 239 26 321.2 321.4 290.1 324.5 0.95 12 450 6604 -15.1 -35.3 16 20.2 -19.0 240 30 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.8 0.42 13 400 7483 -21.4 -38.8 19 17.4 -24.1 234 33 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.33 14 350 8451 -29.8 -33.9 67 4.1 -30.4 236 43 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.9 0.62 15 300 9532 -37.0 -39.3 79 2.3 -37.2 244 41 333.3 333.3 293.0 334.9 0.42 16 250 10763 -48.0 -48.6 94 0.6 -48.0 250 42 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.19 17 200 12212 -53.5 -61.8 36 8.3 -53.7 252 50 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14045 -57.2 -78.7 5 21.6 -57.5 230 45 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16551 -65.3 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.5 205 25 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.92 m Freezing level: 628.79 mb = 4002.51 m = 13131.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.42 mb = 3675.62 m = 12058.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.53 % Est. max temperature: 20.14 C = 68.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.73 mb = 3035.68 m = 9959.47 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 615.53 mb = 4166.87 m = 13670.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.75 C = 71.16 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6911.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.00 mb = 3668.41 m = 12035.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 54.91 m/s