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: 39.30,-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 140 1 950 575 2 900 1033 3 850 1517 4 800 2028 5 750 2571 SFC 722 2893 13.0 2.3 48 10.7 6.9 265 5 314.1 315.3 292.7 333.7 6.25 7 700 3146 9.3 1.3 57 8.0 4.9 257 6 312.8 313.9 292.2 331.6 6.02 8 650 3755 3.7 -0.4 74 4.1 1.5 245 6 313.1 314.2 292.0 331.1 5.72 9 600 4399 -1.5 -3.5 86 2.0 -2.5 236 6 314.4 315.3 291.7 330.0 4.93 10 550 5087 -6.1 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.8 208 6 316.8 317.6 291.6 329.5 3.92 11 500 5825 -11.3 -12.6 90 1.3 -11.8 191 10 319.3 319.8 291.4 328.9 2.90 12 450 6625 -17.0 -17.7 95 0.7 -17.2 191 13 321.8 322.2 291.4 329.0 2.12 13 400 7498 -23.2 -24.5 89 1.3 -23.5 195 16 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.4 1.32 14 350 8460 -30.6 -32.1 86 1.5 -30.8 197 17 327.6 327.7 291.8 330.2 0.74 15 300 9535 -39.4 -40.4 91 1.0 -39.5 189 19 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.2 0.38 16 250 10757 -47.8 -56.4 36 8.7 -48.1 199 25 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 17 200 12212 -53.0 -68.7 13 15.7 -53.3 204 24 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14050 -56.4 -78.8 4 22.3 -56.7 218 17 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16567 -64.9 -83.3 6 18.4 -65.0 232 10 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.85 m Freezing level: 614.47 mb = 4212.84 m = 13821.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.91 mb = 3994.84 m = 13106.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.29 % Est. max temperature: 14.47 C = 58.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 613.45 mb = 4220.81 m = 13847.64 ft T: -0.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 4.87 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.25 mb = 4369.23 m = 14334.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.18 C = 55.73 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 611.25 mb = 4249.77 m = 13942.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.25 mb = 4856.66 m = 15933.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.25 mb = 9619.67 m = 31560.23 ft B at Equ Level: 117.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.25 mb = 11125.89 m = 36501.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.3 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 232.3 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.24 Bulk Shear: 10.58 m/s