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: 39.30,-106.89 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 1 950 592 2 900 1049 3 850 1530 4 800 2038 5 750 2577 SFC 718 2936 10.3 -3.8 37 14.2 3.3 109 2 311.6 312.4 290.0 324.3 4.02 7 700 3149 9.5 -6.5 32 16.0 2.0 128 5 313.0 313.6 289.9 323.7 3.36 8 650 3759 5.4 -10.5 31 15.9 -1.4 149 8 315.1 315.6 289.9 323.7 2.65 9 600 4406 -0.0 -11.7 41 11.7 -4.8 174 12 316.1 316.6 290.2 324.6 2.61 10 550 5096 -5.5 -14.3 50 8.8 -8.8 182 10 317.5 318.0 290.3 325.2 2.30 11 500 5836 -10.3 -20.2 44 9.9 -13.3 129 5 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.7 1.54 12 450 6639 -15.6 -24.6 46 9.0 -17.9 118 6 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.7 1.16 13 400 7517 -21.6 -31.6 40 9.9 -23.5 155 5 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.4 0.68 14 350 8486 -29.2 -35.5 55 6.3 -30.1 148 6 329.4 329.5 292.1 331.4 0.53 15 300 9567 -37.8 -44.8 48 7.0 -38.4 107 9 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.23 16 250 10798 -46.8 -56.8 31 10.0 -47.1 116 12 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.07 17 200 12250 -54.8 -67.5 19 12.7 -55.0 84 27 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 18 150 14067 -59.5 -79.6 6 20.1 -59.7 213 8 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16545 -67.9 -83.4 9 15.5 -68.0 244 16 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.89 m Freezing level: 600.10 mb = 4405.21 m = 14452.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.26 mb = 3494.34 m = 11464.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.08 % Est. max temperature: 15.24 C = 59.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 578.38 mb = 4697.20 m = 15410.57 ft T: -2.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 0.63 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 475.39 mb = 6221.15 m = 20410.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.75 C = 67.56 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: 4.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6696.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 526.72 mb = 5431.96 m = 17821.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.8 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 181.8 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -8.1 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.87 Bulk Shear: 1.35 m/s