MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 28 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 137 1 950 573 2 900 1032 3 850 1515 4 800 2028 5 750 2572 SFC 718 2939 14.3 0.3 38 13.9 6.6 257 4 316.0 317.1 292.6 333.4 5.47 7 700 3149 10.4 -0.6 47 10.9 4.5 243 4 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.5 5.24 8 650 3759 4.5 -2.5 60 7.0 1.0 224 5 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.7 4.91 9 600 4404 -1.5 -4.3 81 2.8 -2.9 212 7 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.1 4.63 10 550 5090 -7.1 -8.7 88 1.6 -7.8 205 9 315.7 316.4 290.9 327.3 3.60 11 500 5828 -11.5 -18.3 57 6.8 -13.7 199 18 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.1 1.81 12 450 6627 -17.0 -24.8 51 7.8 -19.0 191 22 321.8 322.1 290.5 325.8 1.13 13 400 7500 -22.8 -32.5 41 9.7 -24.5 187 24 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.6 0.62 14 350 8464 -30.7 -37.7 50 7.0 -31.6 191 33 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.42 15 300 9538 -39.5 -40.5 91 1.0 -39.6 185 42 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.37 16 250 10762 -47.4 -54.7 43 7.3 -47.7 186 47 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 17 200 12217 -53.3 -67.3 17 14.0 -53.6 203 28 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14053 -57.0 -79.2 4 22.2 -57.3 196 30 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16561 -65.6 -83.2 7 17.6 -65.8 218 10 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.74 m Freezing level: 612.29 mb = 4245.86 m = 13929.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.43 mb = 3916.59 m = 12849.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.04 % Est. max temperature: 13.58 C = 56.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 581.39 mb = 4652.83 m = 15265.01 ft T: -3.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 8.30 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 579.88 mb = 4673.29 m = 15332.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.30 C = 55.94 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 585.04 mb = 4603.52 m = 15103.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.04 mb = 4947.86 m = 16232.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.04 mb = 7316.54 m = 24004.09 ft B at Equ Level: 37.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.04 mb = 9764.51 m = 32035.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.5 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 224.5 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 30.73 m/s