MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 106 1 950 542 2 900 1002 3 850 1488 4 800 2002 5 750 2550 SFC 706 3064 16.7 -5.5 21 22.2 5.4 176 2 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.9 3.58 7 700 3133 14.4 -6.6 23 20.9 4.1 179 3 318.4 319.0 291.5 329.3 3.34 8 650 3751 8.5 -8.6 29 17.0 0.6 170 6 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.6 3.08 9 600 4404 2.1 -9.7 41 11.8 -3.1 166 9 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.5 3.05 10 550 5098 -4.7 -10.6 63 5.9 -7.1 163 10 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.7 3.10 11 500 5839 -11.3 -12.2 93 0.9 -11.6 160 11 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.2 3.01 12 450 6638 -17.4 -18.4 91 1.1 -17.7 150 12 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.1 1.99 13 400 7513 -21.6 -31.1 42 9.5 -23.5 136 10 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.5 0.71 14 350 8483 -28.7 -33.7 62 5.0 -29.5 157 18 330.0 330.2 292.3 332.4 0.63 15 300 9567 -37.0 -39.6 77 2.6 -37.3 194 17 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.7 0.41 16 250 10799 -47.4 -49.7 77 2.3 -47.5 158 19 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.16 17 200 12249 -54.5 -62.8 35 8.2 -54.7 135 25 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.04 18 150 14068 -59.2 -80.0 5 20.8 -59.4 186 17 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16548 -67.7 -83.4 9 15.7 -67.8 235 15 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.47 m Freezing level: 584.74 mb = 4616.06 m = 15144.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.80 mb = 3854.74 m = 12646.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.13 % Est. max temperature: 15.16 C = 59.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 504.38 mb = 5770.72 m = 18932.57 ft T: -10.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.48 C/km ThetaE index: 3.41 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 496.68 mb = 5889.09 m = 19320.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.97 C = 60.75 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5604.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 502.40 mb = 5801.28 m = 19032.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.4 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 187.4 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 6.99 m/s