MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 16 OCT 25 Station: 38.03,-105.24 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -105.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 484 2 900 942 3 850 1425 4 800 1935 5 750 2476 SFC 737 2620 13.3 -11.5 17 24.8 2.6 240 9 312.5 312.9 288.6 319.5 2.14 7 700 3049 7.4 -14.5 19 22.0 -1.1 238 15 310.7 311.0 287.6 316.5 1.77 8 650 3651 1.5 -15.9 26 17.4 -4.8 235 20 310.6 311.0 287.5 316.2 1.70 9 600 4288 -4.5 -17.2 36 12.7 -8.7 233 23 310.9 311.2 287.5 316.3 1.65 10 550 4965 -9.7 -21.5 37 11.8 -13.0 230 34 312.6 312.9 287.7 316.8 1.25 11 500 5701 -9.4 -47.0 3 37.6 -15.3 224 55 321.6 321.6 289.3 322.0 0.11 12 450 6509 -13.6 -47.5 4 33.9 -18.5 225 60 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.12 13 400 7392 -20.5 -49.0 6 28.5 -23.9 220 66 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.8 0.11 14 350 8367 -26.7 -53.9 6 27.2 -29.1 220 67 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.07 15 300 9460 -35.0 -57.5 8 22.4 -36.4 219 63 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 16 250 10703 -45.9 -60.5 18 14.6 -46.4 215 68 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 17 200 12157 -52.9 -68.5 14 15.5 -53.2 222 69 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13977 -61.2 -77.3 10 16.1 -61.4 224 61 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16445 -66.2 -83.6 7 17.4 -66.4 254 39 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.53 m Freezing level: 637.60 mb = 3809.14 m = 12497.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.02 mb = 2919.43 m = 9578.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.41 % Est. max temperature: 12.19 C = 53.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 504.28 mb = 5635.30 m = 18488.31 ft T: -9.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 3.30 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 395.51 mb = 7474.20 m = 24521.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Cap Strength: 8.79 C Lifted Index: 8.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8870.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 497.95 mb = 5732.63 m = 18807.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 44.7 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 140.06 m/s