MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 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 83 1 950 520 2 900 983 3 850 1475 SFC 814 1843 20.9 0.7 26 20.3 9.7 205 13 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.4 4.93 5 800 1997 19.5 0.2 27 19.3 8.9 208 20 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.2 4.85 6 750 2546 14.4 -1.3 34 15.6 6.1 209 26 312.2 313.0 290.8 326.8 4.65 7 700 3123 8.8 -2.4 45 11.2 3.1 212 26 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.6 4.57 8 650 3730 3.2 -4.0 59 7.2 -0.3 218 25 312.6 313.4 290.7 326.4 4.38 9 600 4372 -1.9 -8.0 63 6.1 -4.6 222 24 313.9 314.6 290.3 325.1 3.49 10 550 5058 -6.5 -15.6 48 9.1 -9.7 218 28 316.4 316.8 289.8 323.2 2.06 11 500 5795 -12.2 -18.9 57 6.7 -14.3 214 34 318.1 318.5 289.9 323.9 1.72 12 450 6590 -18.7 -19.2 96 0.5 -18.9 212 37 319.7 320.0 290.6 325.9 1.86 13 400 7458 -24.4 -24.4 99 0.1 -24.4 223 37 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.32 14 350 8416 -32.0 -32.6 95 0.6 -32.1 223 40 325.6 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.71 15 300 9489 -38.5 -46.3 44 7.7 -39.1 227 48 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 16 250 10715 -48.5 -49.3 92 0.7 -48.6 232 52 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.17 17 200 12155 -54.4 -67.4 19 12.9 -54.7 244 53 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13995 -55.5 -79.5 3 24.0 -55.8 246 43 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16540 -63.2 -83.6 5 20.3 -63.4 229 28 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.42 m Freezing level: 618.64 mb = 4132.79 m = 13558.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.09 mb = 3678.30 m = 12067.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.85 % Est. max temperature: 21.53 C = 70.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 601.57 mb = 4351.49 m = 14276.36 ft T: -1.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 4.16 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 567.77 mb = 4807.61 m = 15772.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 594.36 mb = 4446.89 m = 14589.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 469.36 mb = 6272.44 m = 20578.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 419.36 mb = 7109.77 m = 23325.72 ft B at Equ Level: 6.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.36 mb = 7469.42 m = 24505.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 13.92 m/s