MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 2 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 146 1 950 582 2 900 1041 3 850 1527 4 800 2041 5 750 2587 SFC 722 2912 14.2 -0.6 36 14.8 6.2 242 3 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.6 5.08 7 700 3168 12.4 -3.1 34 15.5 4.4 245 5 316.2 317.1 291.7 330.2 4.34 8 650 3783 6.8 -5.2 42 12.1 1.0 234 6 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.6 3.99 9 600 4434 0.7 -6.4 59 7.2 -2.6 207 6 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.94 10 550 5125 -5.1 -8.7 76 3.6 -6.7 186 9 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.7 3.60 11 500 5870 -7.7 -23.2 27 15.6 -12.3 257 10 323.7 323.9 291.1 327.8 1.18 12 450 6681 -12.7 -29.9 22 17.2 -16.8 263 14 327.2 327.4 291.7 329.8 0.71 13 400 7569 -19.0 -36.8 19 17.8 -22.2 273 15 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.41 14 350 8548 -26.3 -45.7 14 19.4 -28.5 283 23 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.18 15 300 9642 -34.6 -50.8 18 16.2 -35.8 281 29 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.12 16 250 10892 -43.2 -58.0 18 14.8 -43.9 290 33 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.06 17 200 12358 -54.2 -61.6 40 7.4 -54.4 280 37 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14153 -65.4 -71.8 41 6.4 -65.4 253 25 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16586 -67.0 -83.3 8 16.2 -67.1 245 19 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.53 m Freezing level: 593.76 mb = 4519.73 m = 14828.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.61 mb = 3952.34 m = 12966.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.86 % Est. max temperature: 16.11 C = 61.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 576.47 mb = 4751.40 m = 15588.39 ft T: -1.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 2.07 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 496.09 mb = 5930.03 m = 19455.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.96 C = 71.53 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5119.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 547.62 mb = 5158.65 m = 16924.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: -1.6 tot: 28.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 7.48 m/s