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: 39.30,-106.94 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 950 581 2 900 1040 3 850 1523 4 800 2035 5 750 2578 SFC 722 2894 13.7 1.3 43 12.4 6.8 259 4 314.8 315.9 292.6 333.2 5.83 7 700 3154 9.3 0.1 53 9.2 4.4 248 4 312.8 313.9 291.7 330.2 5.53 8 650 3762 3.6 -1.6 69 5.2 0.9 237 5 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.4 5.22 9 600 4405 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.9 231 6 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.1 4.96 10 550 5090 -7.0 -8.8 87 1.7 -7.8 224 8 315.8 316.4 290.9 327.3 3.59 11 500 5827 -11.7 -14.1 83 2.4 -12.6 209 11 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.2 2.57 12 450 6626 -17.2 -19.0 86 1.8 -17.7 195 15 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.0 1.89 13 400 7498 -23.3 -26.2 77 2.9 -23.9 194 18 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.6 1.12 14 350 8460 -30.9 -33.4 79 2.5 -31.3 195 19 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.65 15 300 9534 -39.7 -42.7 73 3.0 -40.0 203 22 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.30 16 250 10757 -46.9 -58.9 24 12.0 -47.3 205 27 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.05 17 200 12214 -53.6 -67.7 16 14.0 -53.9 193 23 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14054 -56.1 -80.2 3 24.0 -56.4 206 20 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16564 -65.8 -83.2 7 17.5 -65.9 213 11 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.67 m Freezing level: 619.63 mb = 4152.67 m = 13624.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3911.56 m = 12833.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.03 % Est. max temperature: 13.60 C = 56.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 598.74 mb = 4421.68 m = 14506.65 ft T: -2.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 5.98 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.22 mb = 4415.43 m = 14486.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.47 C = 54.45 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 601.65 mb = 4383.05 m = 14379.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.65 mb = 4582.24 m = 15033.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.65 mb = 8527.20 m = 27976.04 ft B at Equ Level: 56.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.65 mb = 10077.40 m = 33061.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.7 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 233.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.73 Bulk Shear: 12.07 m/s