MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 38.70,-103.11 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 535 2 900 989 SFC 855 1413 9.4 -4.1 38 13.5 3.4 174 9 295.5 296.1 283.5 305.3 3.31 4 850 1466 11.9 -4.6 31 16.5 4.4 180 15 298.6 299.2 284.7 308.3 3.19 5 800 1976 14.8 -8.3 19 23.1 4.4 214 29 306.9 307.4 287.1 314.9 2.55 6 750 2521 14.1 -11.1 16 25.2 3.1 230 28 311.8 312.2 288.4 318.9 2.18 7 700 3098 10.2 -13.4 17 23.7 0.5 231 26 313.8 314.2 288.8 320.2 1.93 8 650 3709 5.8 -17.1 17 22.9 -2.7 227 22 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.6 1.54 9 600 4357 0.9 -20.6 18 21.5 -6.2 233 20 317.2 317.4 289.2 321.4 1.23 10 550 5049 -4.2 -25.8 17 21.6 -10.3 240 24 319.1 319.2 289.4 322.0 0.85 11 500 5792 -9.4 -31.3 15 21.9 -14.5 246 30 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.6 0.56 12 450 6597 -15.5 -29.7 28 14.2 -18.6 246 37 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.4 0.72 13 400 7473 -22.6 -27.2 66 4.6 -23.7 244 48 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.2 1.03 14 350 8439 -29.4 -37.7 45 8.3 -30.6 244 59 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.43 15 300 9524 -35.3 -53.2 14 17.9 -36.5 244 76 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 16 250 10773 -43.4 -57.1 21 13.6 -44.1 248 91 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.07 17 200 12242 -53.6 -65.1 23 11.5 -53.8 245 108 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14034 -66.2 -75.6 25 9.5 -66.2 249 105 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16467 -68.2 -83.4 10 15.1 -68.3 249 66 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.50 m Freezing level: 591.15 mb = 4479.60 m = 14696.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.42 mb = 3187.93 m = 10458.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.87 mb = 3147.03 m = 10324.77 ft T: 9.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 855.4--2403244174546658090678512915595657216.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 454.88 mb = 6514.39 m = 21372.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.34 F Cap Strength: 10.74 C Lifted Index: 10.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.62 C Showalter Index: 14.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.29 C Cross Totals Index: 4.79 C K Index: -7.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 59.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9840.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 579.62 mb = 4631.85 m = 15196.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.6 neg: -23.4 tot: 160.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 39.68 m/s