MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509280000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509280000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 142 1 950 577 2 900 1035 3 850 1518 4 800 2028 5 750 2570 SFC 707 3062 12.0 1.4 48 10.6 6.1 262 5 314.8 316.0 292.7 333.7 5.99 7 700 3145 9.9 0.9 54 9.0 4.9 255 5 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.8 5.85 8 650 3755 4.3 -1.1 68 5.4 1.5 244 5 313.8 314.8 292.0 331.0 5.44 9 600 4400 -1.2 -3.9 81 2.8 -2.5 229 6 314.7 315.7 291.7 329.9 4.76 10 550 5088 -6.1 -8.0 86 1.9 -7.0 207 7 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.1 3.80 11 500 5827 -11.4 -13.1 88 1.6 -12.1 196 11 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.3 2.80 12 450 6626 -17.2 -18.4 91 1.2 -17.6 195 13 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.4 2.00 13 400 7498 -23.2 -25.3 83 2.1 -23.7 197 17 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.22 14 350 8461 -30.5 -32.8 80 2.3 -30.9 198 18 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.2 0.69 15 300 9536 -39.4 -40.9 86 1.5 -39.5 193 21 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.2 0.36 16 250 10758 -47.8 -56.4 37 8.6 -48.1 198 26 334.9 335.0 293.1 335.3 0.07 17 200 12213 -52.9 -68.7 13 15.8 -53.2 203 24 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14050 -56.3 -78.6 4 22.2 -56.6 218 18 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.1 0.01 19 100 16568 -65.0 -83.2 6 18.3 -65.1 230 10 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.81 m Freezing level: 610.84 mb = 4260.33 m = 13977.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.37 mb = 3989.35 m = 13088.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.76 % Est. max temperature: 13.49 C = 56.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 602.03 mb = 4373.04 m = 14347.07 ft T: -0.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 5.39 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 586.13 mb = 4585.06 m = 15042.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.40 C = 54.33 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 597.18 mb = 4437.40 m = 14558.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 542.18 mb = 5198.91 m = 17056.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.18 mb = 9038.65 m = 29654.01 ft B at Equ Level: 90.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.18 mb = 10699.58 m = 35103.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 232.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.09 Bulk Shear: 11.19 m/s