MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 137 1 950 574 2 900 1034 3 850 1521 4 800 2038 5 750 2588 SFC 722 2912 18.4 -3.0 23 21.5 6.9 238 7 320.1 320.9 292.7 333.8 4.23 7 700 3172 14.2 -4.7 27 19.0 4.6 232 9 318.2 319.0 291.9 330.7 3.85 8 650 3790 8.3 -6.3 35 14.6 1.2 222 10 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.2 3.66 9 600 4443 2.0 -7.6 49 9.6 -2.4 214 11 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.1 3.59 10 550 5137 -4.0 -10.9 59 6.8 -6.9 209 13 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.03 11 500 5884 -7.2 -26.9 19 19.7 -12.5 224 20 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.3 0.85 12 450 6697 -12.2 -33.9 15 21.7 -16.9 228 21 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.48 13 400 7586 -18.8 -36.1 20 17.2 -22.0 234 22 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.2 0.44 14 350 8565 -26.1 -43.4 18 17.4 -28.2 234 24 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.23 15 300 9660 -35.1 -47.7 26 12.7 -36.1 223 28 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.17 16 250 10904 -44.4 -51.5 45 7.1 -44.8 238 31 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.13 17 200 12369 -53.8 -62.9 32 9.0 -54.1 267 48 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14162 -65.4 -75.7 23 10.3 -65.5 267 49 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16584 -69.9 -83.1 13 13.2 -70.0 239 21 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.01 m Freezing level: 583.65 mb = 4670.20 m = 15321.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.60 mb = 3998.68 m = 13118.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.30 % Est. max temperature: 17.38 C = 63.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 522.52 mb = 5538.77 m = 18171.60 ft T: -5.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 6.53 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 470.31 mb = 6356.33 m = 20853.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.53 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5292.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 521.25 mb = 5557.87 m = 18234.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 9.89 m/s