MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 135 1 950 571 2 900 1029 3 850 1514 4 800 2026 5 750 2571 SFC 707 3063 15.0 -5.4 24 20.4 4.7 172 3 318.2 318.9 291.7 329.9 3.62 7 700 3150 12.3 -6.6 26 18.9 3.2 162 4 316.1 316.8 290.8 326.9 3.33 8 650 3764 6.6 -9.3 31 16.0 -0.5 158 8 316.5 317.0 290.6 325.9 2.90 9 600 4413 0.4 -10.8 43 11.2 -4.3 157 10 316.6 317.1 290.5 325.7 2.79 10 550 5103 -6.0 -12.2 62 6.1 -8.4 158 11 317.0 317.5 290.5 325.9 2.74 11 500 5842 -10.9 -18.2 55 7.3 -13.3 147 12 319.7 320.1 290.5 325.9 1.83 12 450 6644 -15.7 -26.0 41 10.3 -18.3 131 8 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.1 1.02 13 400 7522 -21.7 -30.1 47 8.4 -23.4 144 7 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.79 14 350 8490 -29.1 -33.8 63 4.7 -29.8 135 13 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.63 15 300 9572 -37.7 -41.1 70 3.4 -38.0 147 13 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.35 16 250 10804 -47.1 -50.2 71 3.1 -47.3 160 14 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12254 -54.3 -67.6 18 13.3 -54.5 106 30 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14073 -59.5 -79.7 6 20.2 -59.7 178 11 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16547 -68.2 -83.4 10 15.2 -68.4 250 14 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.10 m Freezing level: 596.88 mb = 4456.44 m = 14620.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.88 mb = 3677.11 m = 12063.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.46 % Est. max temperature: 13.88 C = 56.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 518.91 mb = 5554.12 m = 18221.97 ft T: -9.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 4.22 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 482.13 mb = 6118.80 m = 20074.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.62 C = 63.71 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: 2.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6382.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 511.92 mb = 5659.19 m = 18566.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.0 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 176.0 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -3.9 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 3.16 m/s