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: 40.35,-108.34 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -108.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 532 2 900 988 3 850 1466 4 800 1969 SFC 798 1991 10.0 -3.9 37 13.9 3.4 247 11 302.0 302.7 286.4 313.0 3.58 6 750 2498 3.7 -5.9 50 9.5 -0.5 247 14 300.5 301.1 285.5 310.6 3.28 7 700 3053 -1.7 -6.8 68 5.2 -3.8 248 13 300.7 301.3 285.5 310.6 3.27 8 650 3637 -6.6 -8.2 89 1.6 -7.2 267 12 301.5 302.1 285.8 311.2 3.17 9 600 4258 -10.5 -12.1 88 1.6 -11.1 281 14 303.9 304.4 285.9 311.8 2.51 10 550 4923 -14.5 -16.8 83 2.2 -15.2 279 15 306.8 307.2 286.4 312.8 1.87 11 500 5638 -19.3 -22.6 75 3.4 -20.1 268 14 309.5 309.8 286.6 313.6 1.24 12 450 6413 -25.2 -28.7 73 3.5 -25.8 260 12 311.5 311.7 286.8 314.2 0.79 13 400 7255 -32.4 -35.3 75 2.9 -32.7 261 11 312.9 313.0 286.9 314.5 0.47 14 350 8187 -34.9 -49.0 22 14.1 -36.0 233 42 321.6 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.13 15 300 9264 -35.7 -58.9 7 23.2 -37.0 229 69 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 16 250 10515 -41.3 -66.7 5 25.5 -42.2 226 64 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 17 200 12011 -47.1 -73.1 4 26.0 -47.7 228 62 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 13879 -56.8 -79.1 4 22.2 -57.1 241 49 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16418 -59.2 -84.8 2 25.6 -59.5 215 12 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5540.76 m Freezing level: 715.57 mb = 2880.31 m = 9449.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.15 mb = 2431.44 m = 7977.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.95 % Est. max temperature: 9.57 C = 49.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 644.78 mb = 3699.79 m = 12138.28 ft T: -7.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 2.40 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.18 mb = 3828.37 m = 12560.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.19 C = 50.34 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 2.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10796.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.79 mb = 3687.71 m = 12098.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.15 Bulk Shear: 1.83 m/s