MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 39.30,-106.92 Latitude: 39.30 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 146 1 950 581 2 900 1039 3 850 1522 4 800 2034 5 750 2576 SFC 720 2911 13.3 0.4 41 12.9 6.2 254 4 314.6 315.6 292.2 331.8 5.45 7 700 3151 9.2 -0.9 49 10.1 3.9 236 7 312.7 313.6 291.3 328.7 5.12 8 650 3759 3.4 -2.8 64 6.2 0.3 234 11 312.8 313.8 291.2 328.0 4.81 9 600 4401 -2.6 -4.3 88 1.8 -3.4 234 15 313.1 314.0 291.1 327.8 4.63 10 550 5085 -7.2 -10.5 77 3.3 -8.5 237 16 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.7 3.13 11 500 5826 -9.1 -30.2 16 21.1 -14.2 234 19 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.62 12 450 6633 -14.5 -33.3 19 18.8 -18.4 235 24 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.51 13 400 7513 -21.4 -35.4 27 14.0 -23.8 235 28 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.9 0.47 14 350 8481 -29.5 -32.9 72 3.4 -30.0 236 32 329.0 329.1 292.1 331.5 0.68 15 300 9563 -37.5 -37.6 98 0.2 -37.5 240 36 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.5 0.50 16 250 10792 -47.7 -48.5 91 0.8 -47.7 240 43 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.19 17 200 12255 -51.0 -64.1 20 13.1 -51.4 242 62 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.2 0.03 18 150 14103 -56.6 -80.4 3 23.8 -56.9 214 48 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16599 -66.2 -83.3 7 17.1 -66.4 209 21 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.70 m Freezing level: 621.46 mb = 4125.40 m = 13534.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.80 mb = 3810.65 m = 12501.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.54 % Est. max temperature: 13.24 C = 55.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 592.18 mb = 4504.29 m = 14777.66 ft T: -3.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 7.63 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.30 mb = 4569.24 m = 14990.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.51 C = 54.51 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: 2.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6277.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 593.27 mb = 4489.87 m = 14730.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 25.89 m/s