MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 183 1 950 617 2 900 1071 3 850 1547 4 800 2049 5 750 2578 SFC 724 2868 2.2 -0.2 84 2.4 1.0 142 3 302.1 303.0 288.0 317.8 5.21 7 700 3143 5.0 -0.3 69 5.3 2.2 186 4 308.0 309.0 290.1 324.5 5.36 8 650 3745 2.0 -3.3 68 5.3 -0.6 217 8 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.7 4.61 9 600 4385 -2.6 -8.6 64 5.9 -5.2 240 18 313.1 313.7 289.9 323.7 3.34 10 550 5073 -4.4 -20.8 27 16.4 -9.6 253 20 318.8 319.1 289.8 323.4 1.33 11 500 5818 -8.0 -30.3 15 22.3 -13.5 255 17 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.5 0.61 12 450 6627 -13.8 -33.1 18 19.3 -17.9 259 20 325.8 325.9 291.1 327.8 0.52 13 400 7510 -20.7 -29.8 44 9.1 -22.6 265 24 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.0 0.81 14 350 8481 -28.5 -36.5 46 8.0 -29.7 246 28 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.1 0.48 15 300 9569 -35.9 -49.7 23 13.9 -36.9 218 29 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 16 250 10808 -44.8 -55.7 29 10.9 -45.3 241 50 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.08 17 200 12287 -49.3 -71.3 6 21.9 -49.8 238 63 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 14126 -59.4 -79.7 6 20.3 -59.6 234 37 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16595 -69.1 -83.1 11 14.0 -69.1 195 16 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.69 m Freezing level: 628.63 mb = 4018.78 m = 13184.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.88 mb = 3610.13 m = 11844.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.80 % Est. max temperature: 14.95 C = 58.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.78 mb = 3180.05 m = 10433.11 ft T: 4.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 540.04 mb = 5215.56 m = 17111.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.31 C = 64.96 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7890.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 622.15 mb = 4095.41 m = 13436.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 69.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 40.90 m/s