MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 29 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 107 1 950 544 2 900 1007 3 850 1499 SFC 817 1843 20.9 3.3 31 17.6 10.7 276 5 311.6 312.7 291.7 330.1 5.96 5 800 2020 18.8 2.7 34 16.0 9.6 260 7 311.2 312.3 291.5 329.3 5.83 6 750 2569 13.7 1.1 42 12.6 6.8 237 8 311.4 312.5 291.3 328.8 5.55 7 700 3144 8.3 -0.3 55 8.6 3.7 219 10 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.3 5.34 8 650 3751 2.8 -2.8 66 5.6 0.0 202 13 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.3 4.79 9 600 4392 -2.7 -6.1 77 3.4 -4.3 191 15 313.0 313.8 290.5 325.8 4.03 10 550 5076 -7.3 -12.8 65 5.4 -9.4 189 18 315.4 315.9 289.9 323.9 2.60 11 500 5812 -11.7 -20.6 48 8.9 -14.4 193 19 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.7 1.48 12 450 6611 -16.6 -27.2 39 10.6 -19.1 192 16 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.6 0.91 13 400 7486 -22.7 -30.5 49 7.7 -24.2 169 14 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.1 0.76 14 350 8449 -30.7 -37.9 50 7.1 -31.6 170 14 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.42 15 300 9522 -39.8 -42.6 75 2.8 -40.0 177 18 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.30 16 250 10747 -46.6 -55.9 34 9.3 -47.0 188 14 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12210 -51.7 -69.5 10 17.8 -52.1 203 20 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14047 -56.3 -79.8 4 23.5 -56.6 221 13 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16567 -64.2 -83.2 6 19.0 -64.3 238 8 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.34 m Freezing level: 624.38 mb = 4079.38 m = 13383.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.77 mb = 3753.49 m = 12314.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.65 % Est. max temperature: 21.29 C = 70.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 628.55 mb = 4019.60 m = 13187.50 ft T: 0.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 6.38 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.04 mb = 4246.18 m = 13930.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.06 C = 71.71 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 622.91 mb = 4091.92 m = 13424.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.91 mb = 4687.10 m = 15377.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 487.91 mb = 5997.96 m = 19678.12 ft B at Equ Level: 8.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 447.91 mb = 6645.74 m = 21803.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.3 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 225.3 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -3.6 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 20.46 m/s