MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 1 OCT 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 142 1 950 578 2 900 1038 3 850 1523 4 800 2037 5 750 2585 SFC 721 2912 16.3 -2.2 28 18.5 6.4 254 3 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.4 4.52 7 700 3165 12.2 -3.4 33 15.6 4.2 238 4 316.0 316.8 291.6 329.7 4.25 8 650 3779 6.3 -5.0 44 11.3 0.8 226 6 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.1 4.05 9 600 4428 0.0 -6.3 63 6.3 -2.9 218 7 316.1 316.9 291.4 328.9 3.98 10 550 5117 -5.6 -9.8 72 4.2 -7.4 218 9 317.4 318.1 291.2 328.2 3.31 11 500 5861 -7.7 -22.8 29 15.1 -12.3 260 11 323.6 323.9 291.1 327.9 1.22 12 450 6673 -12.9 -22.6 44 9.7 -15.7 266 13 327.1 327.3 292.2 331.9 1.39 13 400 7559 -19.2 -32.6 30 13.4 -21.9 288 12 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.2 0.62 14 350 8538 -26.5 -41.1 24 14.6 -28.4 284 23 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.30 15 300 9631 -35.3 -51.0 18 15.8 -36.4 281 25 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.2 0.12 16 250 10879 -43.5 -57.3 21 13.7 -44.2 290 36 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.07 17 200 12348 -53.3 -63.6 27 10.4 -53.5 288 38 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14145 -65.4 -71.1 45 5.7 -65.5 259 19 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16579 -67.7 -83.1 9 15.4 -67.8 254 19 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.80 m Freezing level: 599.90 mb = 4428.99 m = 14530.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.41 mb = 3911.93 m = 12834.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.14 % Est. max temperature: 15.49 C = 59.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 545.53 mb = 5180.70 m = 16996.85 ft T: -5.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 4.51 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 494.73 mb = 5942.64 m = 19496.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.94 C = 71.49 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5178.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 547.56 mb = 5151.63 m = 16901.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 9.06 m/s