MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 117 1 950 553 2 900 1012 3 850 1497 4 800 2011 5 750 2556 SFC 717 2939 15.3 -0.7 33 16.0 6.5 269 4 317.3 318.2 292.7 333.5 5.08 7 700 3136 11.7 -1.6 40 13.3 4.6 259 4 315.4 316.4 292.0 330.9 4.86 8 650 3749 5.8 -3.1 53 8.9 1.3 237 4 315.5 316.4 291.8 330.4 4.67 9 600 4397 -0.3 -4.5 74 4.1 -2.3 210 4 315.7 316.6 291.8 330.3 4.58 10 550 5086 -6.0 -7.4 90 1.4 -6.7 191 6 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.8 3.98 11 500 5825 -11.5 -12.3 94 0.8 -11.8 174 10 319.0 319.6 291.4 328.8 2.97 12 450 6623 -17.3 -19.7 82 2.4 -18.0 189 17 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.6 1.79 13 400 7495 -23.6 -28.5 64 4.9 -24.6 193 25 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.91 14 350 8456 -30.6 -37.1 53 6.5 -31.4 191 33 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.2 0.45 15 300 9533 -38.7 -43.2 63 4.4 -39.1 186 45 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.28 16 250 10758 -47.5 -55.9 38 8.3 -47.9 190 45 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.08 17 200 12214 -53.1 -67.3 16 14.1 -53.4 195 23 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14054 -56.4 -79.1 4 22.7 -56.8 213 25 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16565 -65.0 -83.3 6 18.3 -65.1 221 9 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.23 m Freezing level: 602.84 mb = 4359.98 m = 14304.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.51 mb = 3969.65 m = 13023.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.00 % Est. max temperature: 14.61 C = 58.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 562.93 mb = 4901.76 m = 16081.70 ft T: -4.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 6.01 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.57 mb = 4949.23 m = 16237.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.76 C = 58.57 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 567.33 mb = 4840.11 m = 15879.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 532.33 mb = 5338.90 m = 17515.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.33 mb = 8611.11 m = 28251.34 ft B at Equ Level: 89.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.33 mb = 10434.73 m = 34234.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.6 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 222.6 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 26.54 m/s