MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509280000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509280000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 586 2 900 1044 3 850 1527 4 800 2037 5 750 2579 SFC 708 3063 12.1 0.9 46 11.1 5.9 254 4 314.9 316.0 292.6 333.2 5.80 7 700 3153 9.5 0.3 53 9.2 4.5 248 4 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.6 5.60 8 650 3762 3.8 -1.7 67 5.5 1.0 240 4 313.3 314.2 291.6 329.6 5.20 9 600 4405 -2.2 -3.4 91 1.2 -2.8 234 5 313.6 314.6 291.5 329.3 4.97 10 550 5091 -7.0 -8.5 89 1.5 -7.7 226 8 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.6 3.66 11 500 5828 -11.7 -13.8 85 2.0 -12.5 210 11 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.5 2.64 12 450 6626 -17.1 -19.4 82 2.3 -17.8 196 16 321.7 322.0 291.1 327.9 1.82 13 400 7499 -23.2 -26.4 75 3.2 -23.9 195 19 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.7 1.10 14 350 8462 -30.8 -33.7 76 2.9 -31.2 199 22 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.63 15 300 9535 -39.7 -42.3 76 2.6 -39.9 202 25 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.31 16 250 10758 -47.0 -58.7 25 11.7 -47.4 205 28 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.06 17 200 12215 -53.6 -67.3 17 13.7 -53.8 193 23 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14054 -56.1 -80.0 4 23.8 -56.5 207 21 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16565 -65.9 -83.2 7 17.4 -66.0 213 10 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.01 m Freezing level: 618.17 mb = 4171.61 m = 13686.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.14 mb = 3922.62 m = 12869.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.11 % Est. max temperature: 12.57 C = 54.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 597.59 mb = 4437.10 m = 14557.23 ft T: -2.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 5.73 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.34 mb = 4480.14 m = 14698.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.15 C = 52.06 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 598.52 mb = 4424.86 m = 14517.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.52 mb = 4760.84 m = 15619.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.52 mb = 7616.73 m = 24988.95 ft B at Equ Level: 42.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 283.52 mb = 9914.04 m = 32525.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.05 Bulk Shear: 13.93 m/s