MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z THU 2 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 168 1 950 604 2 900 1062 3 850 1544 SFC 820 1842 11.8 0.0 44 11.8 5.8 146 3 301.6 302.4 287.3 315.7 4.67 5 800 2055 13.8 -0.4 38 14.2 6.3 142 6 305.8 306.7 288.8 320.0 4.63 6 750 2597 11.7 -1.5 40 13.2 4.9 157 5 309.3 310.1 289.8 323.5 4.56 7 700 3170 7.5 -4.5 42 12.0 1.7 187 6 310.8 311.5 289.7 323.2 3.93 8 650 3775 3.6 -10.6 35 14.1 -2.3 206 10 313.0 313.5 289.2 321.5 2.63 9 600 4421 0.6 -18.6 22 19.2 -6.1 222 11 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.8 1.47 10 550 5114 -2.7 -20.1 25 17.3 -8.5 248 13 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.7 1.41 11 500 5862 -7.7 -27.3 19 19.6 -12.9 264 20 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.5 0.81 12 450 6673 -12.7 -36.7 11 24.0 -17.4 269 25 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.36 13 400 7561 -18.6 -47.3 6 28.7 -22.4 250 18 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.13 14 350 8541 -26.2 -49.8 9 23.6 -28.6 242 19 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.12 15 300 9636 -34.7 -51.6 16 16.9 -36.0 252 19 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.11 16 250 10882 -44.5 -54.5 32 10.0 -45.0 253 23 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.09 17 200 12340 -55.3 -61.6 46 6.2 -55.5 243 31 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14124 -65.6 -74.4 28 8.8 -65.7 242 34 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16560 -68.2 -83.1 10 15.0 -68.2 265 19 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.92 m Freezing level: 590.99 mb = 4545.54 m = 14913.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.74 mb = 3421.58 m = 11225.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.59 % Est. max temperature: 21.78 C = 71.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.64 mb = 3338.90 m = 10954.26 ft T: 6.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 1.97 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 509.57 mb = 5713.34 m = 18744.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.84 F Cap Strength: 7.78 C Lifted Index: 7.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7722.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.76 mb = 4055.85 m = 13306.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 33.07 m/s