MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509280000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509280000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 29 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 163 1 950 598 2 900 1055 3 850 1535 4 800 2042 5 750 2578 SFC 722 2893 8.0 4.7 79 3.4 6.1 127 3 308.6 310.0 292.1 331.4 7.43 7 700 3149 7.6 2.1 68 5.5 4.6 222 2 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.7 6.38 8 650 3755 2.7 -0.3 81 3.0 1.1 263 3 312.0 313.1 291.7 330.0 5.77 9 600 4398 -1.7 -3.6 87 1.9 -2.7 244 6 314.1 315.1 291.6 329.6 4.87 10 550 5086 -6.2 -8.1 86 1.9 -7.1 228 7 316.7 317.4 291.4 328.9 3.77 11 500 5825 -11.2 -13.1 86 1.9 -11.9 219 9 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.6 2.79 12 450 6625 -16.6 -17.9 90 1.3 -17.0 212 12 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.3 2.07 13 400 7499 -22.9 -23.2 97 0.3 -22.9 196 13 325.3 325.6 291.8 330.4 1.48 14 350 8463 -30.2 -30.5 98 0.2 -30.3 182 13 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.1 0.87 15 300 9539 -39.2 -39.3 98 0.2 -39.2 175 14 330.2 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.42 16 250 10761 -48.3 -54.6 48 6.3 -48.6 189 22 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.09 17 200 12219 -52.2 -68.9 12 16.7 -52.5 211 23 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14054 -57.1 -77.9 6 20.8 -57.4 231 14 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.01 19 100 16572 -64.8 -83.2 6 18.4 -65.0 230 5 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.07 m Freezing level: 619.39 mb = 4148.62 m = 13610.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.13 mb = 3940.98 m = 12929.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.24 % Est. max temperature: 14.34 C = 57.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.93 mb = 3315.07 m = 10876.08 ft T: 6.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 2.77 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.04 mb = 4199.17 m = 13776.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.46 C = 54.43 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.38 mb = 3975.80 m = 13043.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 517.38 mb = 5559.60 m = 18239.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 407.38 mb = 7363.42 m = 24157.90 ft B at Equ Level: 20.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 327.38 mb = 8929.81 m = 29296.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -4.9 tot: -4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 6.08 m/s