MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 167 1 950 603 2 900 1062 3 850 1547 4 800 2061 5 750 2607 SFC 723 2911 15.8 -1.1 32 16.8 6.6 243 4 317.0 317.9 292.4 332.7 4.90 7 700 3186 11.4 -2.3 38 13.6 4.2 221 5 315.1 316.0 291.7 329.8 4.63 8 650 3798 5.6 -4.1 50 9.7 0.8 210 7 315.2 316.1 291.5 329.1 4.33 9 600 4446 0.2 -8.1 54 8.3 -3.6 209 11 316.3 317.0 291.0 327.5 3.45 10 550 5138 -3.0 -21.1 23 18.1 -8.8 216 16 320.6 320.8 290.3 325.0 1.29 11 500 5888 -6.5 -29.4 14 22.9 -12.5 219 19 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.5 0.67 12 450 6701 -12.4 -32.9 16 20.5 -16.9 228 19 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.7 0.53 13 400 7589 -19.4 -34.5 25 15.1 -22.2 239 21 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.7 0.51 14 350 8568 -25.6 -49.3 9 23.7 -28.1 242 21 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 15 300 9665 -34.7 -48.5 23 13.8 -35.8 240 19 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.16 16 250 10907 -45.8 -48.2 77 2.4 -46.0 233 27 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.7 0.19 17 200 12369 -53.7 -62.6 33 8.9 -53.9 276 57 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14166 -64.3 -76.6 17 12.3 -64.4 266 47 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16592 -70.4 -83.2 14 12.8 -70.5 257 17 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.83 m Freezing level: 597.58 mb = 4479.11 m = 14695.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.99 mb = 3910.89 m = 12830.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.05 % Est. max temperature: 17.20 C = 62.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 560.88 mb = 4982.05 m = 16345.12 ft T: -2.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 7.65 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 491.02 mb = 6027.56 m = 19775.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.60 C = 74.48 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5797.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 560.62 mb = 4985.72 m = 16357.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.9 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 257.9 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 16.79 m/s