MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 4 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 53 1 950 490 2 900 955 3 850 1449 SFC 812 1844 23.7 1.4 23 22.3 11.0 191 13 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.6 5.22 5 800 1976 22.7 0.8 24 21.9 10.3 198 20 315.3 316.3 292.1 331.5 5.08 6 750 2532 17.8 -1.1 28 18.9 7.5 205 29 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.9 4.70 7 700 3116 12.1 -2.4 36 14.6 4.5 210 35 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.6 4.58 8 650 3729 5.9 -3.2 52 9.1 1.3 213 38 315.6 316.5 291.8 330.4 4.64 9 600 4377 -0.7 -4.1 78 3.3 -2.4 213 41 315.3 316.2 291.8 330.3 4.72 10 550 5066 -5.8 -7.2 90 1.4 -6.4 209 43 317.2 318.0 291.8 330.3 4.05 11 500 5805 -11.3 -13.0 87 1.7 -11.9 208 44 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.6 2.82 12 450 6605 -17.1 -19.1 85 1.9 -17.7 213 46 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.1 1.88 13 400 7478 -22.6 -27.8 62 5.2 -23.7 215 50 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.1 0.97 14 350 8445 -29.1 -38.3 41 9.2 -30.3 218 54 329.5 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.40 15 300 9525 -38.8 -42.7 67 3.9 -39.1 219 60 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.30 16 250 10755 -45.5 -56.7 27 11.2 -45.9 228 73 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12216 -54.2 -64.5 27 10.3 -54.4 235 69 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14021 -61.4 -77.2 10 15.9 -61.6 231 61 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16521 -63.9 -83.2 6 19.3 -64.0 221 19 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.74 m Freezing level: 605.66 mb = 4303.63 m = 14119.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.79 mb = 3946.41 m = 12947.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 583.39 mb = 4599.18 m = 15088.99 ft T: -2.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.50 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.55 mb = 4915.25 m = 16125.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.64 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 568.90 mb = 4798.12 m = 15741.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 523.90 mb = 5442.85 m = 17856.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.90 mb = 7589.48 m = 24899.56 ft B at Equ Level: 53.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.90 mb = 9207.71 m = 30208.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.0 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 241.0 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 139.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 51.52 m/s