MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 1 950 597 2 900 1053 3 850 1534 4 800 2041 5 750 2579 SFC 724 2868 8.8 3.6 70 5.2 5.9 4 4 309.2 310.5 291.8 330.3 6.85 7 700 3148 6.1 2.5 78 3.6 4.1 20 3 309.3 310.5 291.6 329.5 6.57 8 650 3752 2.1 -1.1 80 3.1 0.5 260 4 311.3 312.4 291.2 328.4 5.45 9 600 4393 -2.6 -5.3 81 2.7 -3.9 268 10 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.7 4.28 10 550 5078 -7.3 -9.6 84 2.3 -8.2 268 10 315.5 316.1 290.7 326.4 3.37 11 500 5815 -11.3 -14.3 78 3.0 -12.4 275 8 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.7 2.52 12 450 6616 -16.0 -20.0 72 3.9 -17.2 306 10 323.1 323.4 291.5 329.1 1.74 13 400 7492 -22.6 -26.0 74 3.4 -23.4 302 17 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.7 1.15 14 350 8457 -30.0 -36.4 54 6.4 -30.9 345 9 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.1 0.49 15 300 9539 -36.2 -52.4 17 16.3 -37.2 331 17 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10792 -41.3 -64.3 7 23.0 -42.2 318 44 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 17 200 12275 -50.9 -69.6 9 18.7 -51.3 315 44 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14116 -57.7 -79.1 5 21.4 -57.9 303 23 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16609 -66.2 -83.2 7 17.0 -66.3 250 8 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.47 m Freezing level: 627.78 mb = 4036.94 m = 13244.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.40 mb = 3821.27 m = 12536.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.04 % Est. max temperature: 13.45 C = 56.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.70 mb = 3520.97 m = 11551.61 ft T: 3.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 3.93 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.58 mb = 4110.17 m = 13484.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.65 C = 52.96 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 637.49 mb = 3907.76 m = 12820.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.49 mb = 4901.17 m = 16079.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 532.49 mb = 5328.08 m = 17480.35 ft B at Equ Level: 15.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 472.49 mb = 6245.42 m = 20489.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.5 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 327.5 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 10.64 m/s