MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 30 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 143 1 950 578 2 900 1036 3 850 1519 SFC 818 1843 12.3 3.0 53 9.2 7.2 161 6 302.3 303.4 288.7 319.8 5.82 5 800 2030 14.3 2.8 46 11.5 7.9 161 11 306.4 307.5 290.0 324.3 5.85 6 750 2573 12.0 0.6 45 11.4 5.9 190 14 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.2 5.33 7 700 3146 7.5 -1.1 54 8.6 3.1 208 19 310.8 311.8 290.7 326.6 5.05 8 650 3751 2.1 -3.1 68 5.3 -0.4 217 20 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.1 4.68 9 600 4392 -2.3 -8.0 64 5.8 -4.8 225 19 313.5 314.2 290.2 324.6 3.47 10 550 5079 -5.3 -17.3 38 12.0 -9.4 232 18 317.8 318.2 289.9 323.8 1.79 11 500 5822 -8.5 -28.6 18 20.1 -13.6 243 21 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.2 0.72 12 450 6631 -13.5 -31.1 21 17.6 -17.5 250 24 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.5 0.63 13 400 7515 -20.5 -31.0 39 10.5 -22.6 239 26 328.4 328.5 292.0 331.0 0.72 14 350 8488 -27.4 -44.4 18 16.9 -29.4 229 33 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 15 300 9577 -36.3 -47.1 32 10.8 -37.2 234 38 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.18 16 250 10819 -43.6 -56.4 23 12.8 -44.2 246 64 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 17 200 12297 -49.8 -67.8 10 18.0 -50.3 236 63 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 18 150 14129 -60.1 -79.3 6 19.2 -60.3 227 42 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16605 -68.9 -83.3 11 14.4 -68.9 203 15 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.61 m Freezing level: 625.63 mb = 4063.44 m = 13331.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.39 mb = 3671.28 m = 12044.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.70 % Est. max temperature: 20.66 C = 69.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.15 mb = 3015.09 m = 9891.89 ft T: 8.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 603.61 mb = 4343.94 m = 14251.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.70 C = 72.86 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7105.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.66 mb = 3767.58 m = 12360.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 41.30 m/s