MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 562 2 900 1025 3 850 1515 SFC 818 1843 21.0 5.0 35 16.0 11.5 177 8 311.6 312.8 292.3 332.3 6.69 5 800 2035 17.4 4.3 42 13.0 9.8 186 10 309.7 310.9 291.7 329.8 6.53 6 750 2581 12.0 2.9 53 9.2 6.9 195 12 309.6 310.8 291.5 329.0 6.28 7 700 3153 6.6 1.4 69 5.2 3.8 201 13 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.6 6.08 8 650 3756 1.2 -0.5 88 1.7 0.3 204 15 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.0 5.69 9 600 4395 -3.7 -5.2 90 1.4 -4.4 205 17 311.8 312.6 290.4 325.5 4.34 10 550 5077 -7.4 -11.3 73 3.9 -8.9 200 18 315.3 315.9 290.2 324.8 2.92 11 500 5814 -11.7 -15.9 71 4.2 -13.2 191 19 318.7 319.2 290.6 326.1 2.22 12 450 6613 -16.9 -22.3 63 5.4 -18.4 184 20 322.0 322.2 290.8 326.8 1.42 13 400 7486 -23.2 -30.9 49 7.7 -24.7 174 19 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.4 0.72 14 350 8447 -31.3 -38.2 51 6.9 -32.1 183 18 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.41 15 300 9517 -40.5 -42.9 78 2.3 -40.7 190 23 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.29 16 250 10740 -46.9 -57.7 28 10.8 -47.3 189 18 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.06 17 200 12199 -52.6 -68.3 13 15.7 -52.9 199 20 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14048 -56.0 -80.3 3 24.3 -56.3 207 12 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16563 -65.4 -83.1 7 17.7 -65.6 215 13 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.76 m Freezing level: 637.70 mb = 3913.14 m = 12838.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.66 mb = 3797.10 m = 12457.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.36 % Est. max temperature: 19.71 C = 67.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 644.39 mb = 3825.21 m = 12549.76 ft T: 0.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 7.52 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.05 mb = 3780.06 m = 12401.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.93 C = 67.87 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 652.93 mb = 3719.40 m = 12202.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.93 mb = 3905.54 m = 12813.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.93 mb = 6646.67 m = 21806.41 ft B at Equ Level: 53.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 267.93 mb = 10275.45 m = 33711.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.0 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 222.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.58 Bulk Shear: 5.66 m/s