MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z WED 1 OCT 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 157 1 950 593 2 900 1051 3 850 1534 SFC 819 1843 12.7 1.1 45 11.6 6.6 151 5 302.6 303.5 288.1 317.8 5.06 5 800 2047 14.8 0.9 39 13.8 7.3 154 8 306.9 307.9 289.6 322.6 5.12 6 750 2590 12.2 -0.6 41 12.7 5.5 195 5 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.0 4.89 7 700 3163 7.2 -1.3 55 8.5 2.8 238 9 310.4 311.4 290.6 325.9 4.97 8 650 3767 1.9 -3.2 69 5.1 -0.6 237 13 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.7 4.64 9 600 4407 -2.8 -8.1 67 5.3 -5.1 229 17 312.9 313.6 290.0 324.0 3.46 10 550 5092 -6.0 -17.9 38 11.9 -10.0 236 19 316.9 317.3 289.6 322.6 1.70 11 500 5833 -9.5 -23.6 31 14.0 -13.5 259 19 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.4 1.14 12 450 6643 -12.2 -28.8 24 16.7 -16.3 302 22 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.8 0.78 13 400 7530 -19.5 -29.0 42 9.6 -21.6 304 26 329.7 329.9 292.5 332.8 0.87 14 350 8505 -28.1 -33.7 59 5.6 -29.0 300 34 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.2 0.63 15 300 9593 -35.7 -47.4 29 11.7 -36.7 314 39 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.18 16 250 10836 -44.0 -57.4 21 13.3 -44.6 300 39 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.9 0.07 17 200 12305 -52.4 -64.8 21 12.4 -52.7 301 47 349.7 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14111 -63.8 -74.6 22 10.7 -63.9 275 37 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16577 -65.6 -83.4 7 17.8 -65.7 255 19 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.20 m Freezing level: 629.66 mb = 4027.12 m = 13212.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.04 mb = 3654.25 m = 11988.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.17 % Est. max temperature: 20.50 C = 68.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.59 mb = 3308.57 m = 10854.76 ft T: 5.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 585.74 mb = 4596.29 m = 15079.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.50 C = 74.30 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: 4.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7551.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.05 mb = 3965.51 m = 13010.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 50.78 m/s