MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 199 1 950 634 2 900 1091 3 850 1572 4 800 2080 5 750 2619 SFC 724 2910 10.1 -1.6 44 11.7 4.1 181 2 310.7 311.6 290.4 325.4 4.71 7 700 3191 8.6 -2.5 45 11.2 2.9 195 4 312.1 312.9 290.7 326.4 4.54 8 650 3799 4.3 -4.1 54 8.4 0.2 209 6 313.8 314.7 291.0 327.6 4.35 9 600 4445 -0.2 -6.9 60 6.7 -3.3 208 10 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.1 3.79 10 550 5138 -2.6 -19.5 26 17.0 -8.3 217 16 321.1 321.3 290.6 326.1 1.48 11 500 5888 -6.3 -25.8 20 19.5 -11.9 216 18 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.93 12 450 6702 -12.4 -31.2 19 18.8 -16.7 229 18 327.6 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.63 13 400 7589 -19.6 -34.5 25 14.9 -22.4 239 18 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.4 0.51 14 350 8567 -25.6 -49.0 9 23.3 -28.1 259 18 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 15 300 9664 -34.7 -51.3 17 16.7 -35.9 266 19 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.11 16 250 10908 -45.6 -50.7 56 5.1 -45.9 246 24 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.15 17 200 12363 -53.9 -66.3 21 12.4 -54.2 273 49 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14160 -64.3 -76.9 16 12.7 -64.4 271 47 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16594 -69.6 -83.2 12 13.6 -69.7 266 17 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.03 m Freezing level: 602.07 mb = 4418.00 m = 14494.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.17 mb = 3833.90 m = 12578.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.43 % Est. max temperature: 17.27 C = 63.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 605.52 mb = 4370.92 m = 14340.10 ft T: 0.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 488.96 mb = 6060.90 m = 19884.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.95 C = 75.10 F Cap Strength: 5.40 C Lifted Index: 6.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5896.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 579.35 mb = 4723.77 m = 15497.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 18.64 m/s