MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 4 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 65 1 950 502 2 900 962 3 850 1449 SFC 812 1842 16.9 7.0 52 9.9 10.9 172 11 307.9 309.3 292.1 331.5 7.75 5 800 1966 17.3 5.3 45 12.0 10.2 203 18 309.6 310.9 292.0 331.0 6.97 6 750 2514 13.6 2.6 47 11.0 7.3 225 31 311.3 312.5 291.8 330.4 6.14 7 700 3090 8.8 0.2 55 8.5 4.2 234 41 312.2 313.3 291.6 329.6 5.57 8 650 3698 3.6 -2.7 63 6.3 0.4 239 46 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.2 4.81 9 600 4341 -1.9 -6.4 71 4.5 -3.9 239 49 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.6 3.96 10 550 5026 -7.3 -10.3 79 3.0 -8.5 232 51 315.4 316.0 290.5 325.6 3.16 11 500 5761 -12.6 -17.6 67 4.9 -14.2 225 52 317.7 318.0 290.0 324.1 1.93 12 450 6557 -18.0 -27.2 44 9.2 -20.1 225 55 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.8 0.91 13 400 7426 -24.3 -32.6 46 8.3 -25.7 221 58 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.7 0.62 14 350 8385 -31.5 -37.5 55 6.0 -32.3 217 59 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.8 0.43 15 300 9457 -39.1 -44.4 57 5.4 -39.5 217 64 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.24 16 250 10691 -44.8 -60.0 17 15.2 -45.4 235 64 339.4 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.05 17 200 12158 -52.0 -67.0 15 15.0 -52.4 225 58 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 13999 -57.6 -79.4 5 21.8 -57.9 254 51 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16514 -63.8 -83.6 5 19.8 -64.0 241 30 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.37 m Freezing level: 617.31 mb = 4118.49 m = 13511.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.04 mb = 3759.31 m = 12333.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.82 % Est. max temperature: 21.57 C = 70.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.75 mb = 3092.97 m = 10147.42 ft T: 8.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 7.71 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.09 mb = 4063.45 m = 13331.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.25 C = 72.04 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 217.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.14 mb = 3758.07 m = 12329.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.14 mb = 4606.22 m = 15112.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.14 mb = 9005.17 m = 29544.16 ft B at Equ Level: 216.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.14 mb = 10687.09 m = 35062.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.4 neg: -16.2 tot: 226.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 1.99 Bulk Shear: 109.36 m/s