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: 39.30,-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 100 1 950 537 2 900 997 3 850 1483 4 800 1999 5 750 2549 SFC 716 2939 17.9 -5.4 20 23.2 5.9 199 1 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.9 3.58 7 700 3133 14.4 -6.8 22 21.2 4.0 195 2 318.4 319.1 291.5 329.2 3.29 8 650 3751 8.4 -8.5 29 17.0 0.6 175 6 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.6 3.09 9 600 4404 2.1 -9.7 41 11.7 -3.1 170 8 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.5 3.06 10 550 5098 -4.7 -10.5 64 5.8 -7.1 166 10 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.7 3.12 11 500 5838 -11.3 -12.1 93 0.9 -11.6 162 11 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.2 3.01 12 450 6637 -17.4 -18.6 90 1.2 -17.7 149 13 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.1 1.96 13 400 7514 -21.6 -31.6 40 10.0 -23.5 138 10 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.4 0.68 14 350 8483 -28.7 -33.7 62 5.0 -29.5 154 19 330.0 330.2 292.3 332.4 0.63 15 300 9567 -37.0 -39.4 79 2.4 -37.2 195 18 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.8 0.42 16 250 10799 -47.4 -49.7 77 2.3 -47.5 157 19 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.16 17 200 12250 -54.6 -63.7 32 9.1 -54.8 132 27 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14067 -59.2 -79.9 5 20.7 -59.4 184 17 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16547 -67.7 -83.4 9 15.7 -67.8 236 15 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.12 m Freezing level: 584.77 mb = 4615.43 m = 15142.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.13 mb = 3850.25 m = 12631.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.05 % Est. max temperature: 16.37 C = 61.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 504.46 mb = 5769.34 m = 18928.07 ft T: -10.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.48 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 497.56 mb = 5875.41 m = 19276.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.19 C = 62.94 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 502.80 mb = 5794.87 m = 19011.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 457.80 mb = 6507.09 m = 21348.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 437.80 mb = 6841.87 m = 22446.82 ft B at Equ Level: 5.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 417.80 mb = 7189.66 m = 23587.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.5 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 187.5 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 9.54 m/s