MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 593 2 900 1050 3 850 1531 4 800 2039 5 750 2578 SFC 708 3061 9.9 -4.6 36 14.4 2.8 119 3 312.4 313.2 290.2 324.7 3.85 7 700 3150 9.5 -6.3 32 15.9 2.0 130 4 313.0 313.7 289.9 323.9 3.40 8 650 3760 5.3 -10.5 31 15.8 -1.5 147 7 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.6 2.64 9 600 4407 -0.1 -11.8 41 11.7 -4.8 169 12 316.0 316.5 290.1 324.5 2.59 10 550 5096 -5.6 -14.4 50 8.8 -8.8 178 10 317.5 317.9 290.3 325.0 2.28 11 500 5836 -10.4 -19.5 47 9.1 -13.2 124 5 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.0 1.64 12 450 6639 -15.6 -24.7 46 9.1 -18.0 116 6 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.6 1.15 13 400 7517 -21.6 -31.3 41 9.7 -23.5 160 6 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.5 0.70 14 350 8486 -29.2 -35.0 57 5.8 -30.1 148 7 329.3 329.5 292.1 331.4 0.56 15 300 9567 -37.9 -44.5 50 6.6 -38.4 108 8 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.24 16 250 10798 -46.8 -56.2 34 9.3 -47.2 126 10 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 17 200 12249 -54.8 -67.3 20 12.5 -55.0 84 26 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 14068 -59.4 -79.6 6 20.3 -59.6 218 8 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16545 -68.0 -83.4 9 15.4 -68.1 243 16 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.41 m Freezing level: 600.94 mb = 4394.54 m = 14417.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.15 mb = 3496.34 m = 11470.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.72 % Est. max temperature: 14.22 C = 57.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 567.26 mb = 4851.28 m = 15916.09 ft T: -3.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 1.11 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 469.92 mb = 6309.26 m = 20699.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.79 C = 65.82 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7322.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 520.41 mb = 5525.70 m = 18128.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.6 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 180.6 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -9.6 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.29 Bulk Shear: 1.00 m/s