MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 197 1 950 631 2 900 1087 3 850 1567 4 800 2074 5 750 2610 SFC 723 2911 6.1 -2.0 56 8.1 2.1 159 3 306.4 307.3 288.9 320.5 4.58 7 700 3183 9.3 -3.1 41 12.4 3.0 224 3 312.8 313.6 290.7 326.5 4.33 8 650 3793 5.5 -5.4 45 11.0 0.3 206 5 315.2 316.0 291.1 327.8 3.93 9 600 4441 0.1 -6.6 61 6.6 -3.0 192 11 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.8 3.90 10 550 5133 -3.4 -14.5 42 11.1 -7.7 231 13 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.6 2.25 11 500 5883 -5.9 -26.6 18 20.6 -11.8 280 10 325.8 326.0 291.4 328.9 0.87 12 450 6699 -12.2 -25.4 32 13.3 -15.8 283 14 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.8 1.08 13 400 7586 -19.5 -31.5 34 12.0 -22.0 272 19 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.1 0.69 14 350 8564 -26.0 -44.8 15 18.8 -28.2 267 19 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.20 15 300 9663 -33.7 -53.3 12 19.5 -35.1 276 21 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.09 16 250 10914 -43.7 -57.3 21 13.6 -44.3 277 22 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.07 17 200 12373 -55.8 -58.2 74 2.4 -55.9 266 29 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 18 150 14156 -65.5 -72.6 37 7.1 -65.5 257 34 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16595 -67.1 -83.3 8 16.2 -67.2 242 20 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.58 m Freezing level: 599.07 mb = 4454.31 m = 14613.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.09 mb = 3842.26 m = 12605.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.31 % Est. max temperature: 16.91 C = 62.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.25 mb = 3941.11 m = 12929.98 ft T: 4.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 476.51 mb = 6255.72 m = 20523.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.73 C = 76.52 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: 6.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6112.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 567.93 mb = 4878.14 m = 16004.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 52.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 16.89 m/s