MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 185 1 950 620 2 900 1077 3 850 1558 4 800 2066 5 750 2604 SFC 723 2911 7.5 -2.1 51 9.6 2.7 151 3 307.9 308.7 289.3 321.9 4.53 7 700 3180 10.4 -3.2 38 13.5 3.5 249 2 314.0 314.8 291.0 327.7 4.32 8 650 3792 6.1 -5.2 44 11.3 0.6 219 3 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.7 3.99 9 600 4441 0.5 -6.7 58 7.2 -2.8 182 7 316.7 317.5 291.5 329.2 3.86 10 550 5133 -4.1 -12.2 53 8.1 -7.3 204 12 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.3 2.74 11 500 5881 -7.1 -26.9 19 19.8 -12.5 272 11 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.4 0.85 12 450 6694 -12.0 -33.1 15 21.1 -16.7 297 17 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.1 0.52 13 400 7583 -19.2 -33.8 26 14.6 -22.0 290 20 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.0 0.55 14 350 8561 -26.3 -42.8 20 16.5 -28.4 267 20 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.25 15 300 9657 -34.0 -52.4 14 18.4 -35.4 280 24 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.10 16 250 10910 -43.2 -58.1 18 15.0 -43.9 285 28 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.06 17 200 12373 -54.7 -60.5 49 5.8 -54.9 273 31 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.06 18 150 14164 -65.4 -71.7 41 6.3 -65.4 269 27 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16597 -66.9 -83.3 8 16.3 -67.0 242 19 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.61 m Freezing level: 594.44 mb = 4518.33 m = 14823.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.16 mb = 3903.26 m = 12805.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.86 % Est. max temperature: 16.71 C = 62.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 624.00 mb = 4123.42 m = 13528.11 ft T: 3.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 484.77 mb = 6119.67 m = 20077.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.52 C = 74.34 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: 5.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6504.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 561.18 mb = 4973.26 m = 16316.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.5 neg: -1.2 tot: 58.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.74 Bulk Shear: 16.93 m/s