MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 40.86,-109.58 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -109.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 555 2 900 1015 3 850 1501 4 800 2016 SFC 796 2061 14.3 5.2 54 9.1 9.0 246 1 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.2 6.98 6 750 2563 14.3 1.8 43 12.5 7.3 291 3 312.1 313.2 291.7 330.2 5.81 7 700 3141 9.8 -0.4 49 10.1 4.4 25 3 313.3 314.3 291.7 330.1 5.33 8 650 3751 4.6 -2.7 59 7.3 0.9 102 3 314.1 315.1 291.6 329.4 4.82 9 600 4397 -0.5 -5.9 67 5.3 -3.0 117 3 315.5 316.3 291.3 328.7 4.11 10 550 5086 -5.8 -10.3 70 4.5 -7.7 140 3 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.6 3.17 11 500 5827 -10.3 -14.1 74 3.8 -11.7 106 1 320.5 321.0 291.5 329.0 2.56 12 450 6630 -15.8 -21.4 62 5.6 -17.4 26 4 323.4 323.7 291.3 328.7 1.54 13 400 7507 -22.1 -30.7 46 8.6 -23.8 19 14 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.74 14 350 8473 -30.0 -38.0 46 8.0 -31.0 4 12 328.3 328.4 291.7 329.8 0.41 15 300 9551 -38.1 -47.2 38 9.0 -38.8 353 11 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.18 16 250 10785 -45.8 -56.3 30 10.5 -46.3 41 44 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.07 17 200 12239 -54.3 -66.3 21 12.1 -54.5 30 34 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14051 -60.5 -76.6 10 16.1 -60.7 290 16 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16536 -66.7 -83.4 8 16.6 -66.8 269 23 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.66 m Freezing level: 605.17 mb = 4330.00 m = 14205.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.55 mb = 3894.02 m = 12775.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.13 % Est. max temperature: 21.22 C = 70.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.48 mb = 3217.76 m = 10556.82 ft T: 9.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 2.65 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 593.26 mb = 4486.28 m = 14718.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.62 C = 72.71 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4856.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 629.80 mb = 4005.50 m = 13141.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 33.3 at 4.6 knts Storm direction: 63.3 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.72 Bulk Shear: 4.37 m/s