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: 39.30,-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 130 1 950 566 2 900 1025 3 850 1510 4 800 2024 5 750 2570 SFC 718 2939 16.1 -4.8 23 20.9 5.4 203 1 318.0 318.7 291.7 330.1 3.72 7 700 3150 12.2 -6.5 26 18.7 3.1 166 3 316.0 316.6 290.8 326.8 3.35 8 650 3764 6.6 -9.3 31 16.0 -0.5 160 8 316.5 317.0 290.5 325.9 2.90 9 600 4413 0.4 -10.8 42 11.3 -4.3 159 10 316.6 317.2 290.5 325.7 2.79 10 550 5103 -6.0 -12.2 61 6.3 -8.4 160 11 317.0 317.5 290.6 325.9 2.72 11 500 5842 -10.9 -18.3 54 7.4 -13.3 147 12 319.7 320.1 290.5 325.8 1.80 12 450 6643 -15.7 -25.6 42 9.9 -18.2 131 8 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.2 1.06 13 400 7522 -21.6 -31.1 42 9.5 -23.5 142 7 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.5 0.71 14 350 8490 -29.1 -34.4 60 5.3 -29.9 138 12 329.5 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.59 15 300 9572 -37.7 -42.1 64 4.4 -38.1 141 14 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.31 16 250 10803 -47.0 -51.5 60 4.5 -47.3 157 14 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.13 17 200 12254 -54.3 -67.6 18 13.2 -54.6 104 31 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14072 -59.5 -79.7 6 20.1 -59.7 179 11 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16547 -68.4 -83.4 10 15.0 -68.4 250 14 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.64 m Freezing level: 596.59 mb = 4460.19 m = 14632.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.99 mb = 3675.39 m = 12058.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.41 % Est. max temperature: 15.08 C = 59.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 523.01 mb = 5492.87 m = 18021.01 ft T: -8.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 4.34 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 486.91 mb = 6043.51 m = 19827.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.54 C = 65.37 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 2.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6027.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 514.78 mb = 5615.87 m = 18424.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 177.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 4.75 m/s