MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 2 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 158 1 950 594 2 900 1053 3 850 1537 SFC 820 1843 13.3 0.6 42 12.7 6.6 154 6 303.2 304.1 288.1 318.0 4.87 5 800 2050 15.6 0.2 35 15.3 7.4 152 12 307.8 308.7 289.6 322.8 4.86 6 750 2595 13.5 -1.6 35 15.1 5.6 185 14 311.3 312.1 290.4 325.5 4.54 7 700 3171 9.0 -3.5 41 12.5 2.8 208 16 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.8 4.23 8 650 3779 4.4 -7.3 42 11.7 -0.9 212 15 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.8 3.40 9 600 4426 1.4 -16.3 25 17.7 -5.2 208 17 317.7 318.1 289.9 323.7 1.78 10 550 5123 -1.3 -19.9 23 18.6 -7.7 220 18 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.43 11 500 5875 -6.5 -20.5 32 14.0 -11.1 233 17 325.2 325.5 291.8 330.4 1.50 12 450 6688 -12.9 -26.9 30 14.0 -16.5 243 14 327.0 327.2 291.8 330.4 0.94 13 400 7575 -19.2 -35.8 22 16.5 -22.2 248 15 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.45 14 350 8554 -26.2 -45.9 14 19.7 -28.5 239 19 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.18 15 300 9648 -34.9 -50.7 18 15.8 -36.1 240 24 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.12 16 250 10894 -44.0 -44.3 97 0.3 -44.0 243 32 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.30 17 200 12356 -53.8 -65.5 23 11.7 -54.1 270 57 347.5 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14151 -64.8 -76.7 18 11.9 -64.9 265 48 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16581 -68.9 -83.2 11 14.3 -69.0 256 24 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.10 m Freezing level: 574.53 mb = 4781.20 m = 15686.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.73 mb = 3620.05 m = 11876.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.05 % Est. max temperature: 22.89 C = 73.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 676.14 mb = 3455.68 m = 11337.38 ft T: 6.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 497.66 mb = 5911.62 m = 19394.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.14 C = 93.45 F Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lifted Index: 7.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7535.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 614.26 mb = 4236.49 m = 13899.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 25.20 m/s