MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 561 2 900 1014 3 850 1490 SFC 814 1842 5.7 -3.9 50 9.7 1.4 221 1 295.8 296.4 283.9 306.2 3.50 5 800 1990 6.6 -4.9 43 11.5 1.5 360 1 298.2 298.8 284.7 308.3 3.32 6 750 2516 3.3 -8.2 43 11.5 -1.4 308 1 300.2 300.7 284.8 308.6 2.75 7 700 3071 -0.5 -10.5 47 10.0 -4.4 223 1 301.9 302.4 285.1 309.5 2.45 8 650 3658 -5.1 -12.4 56 7.3 -7.7 213 5 303.2 303.7 285.4 310.4 2.27 9 600 4283 -8.6 -20.5 38 11.9 -11.9 250 11 306.2 306.4 285.4 310.3 1.25 10 550 4951 -13.0 -26.7 31 13.6 -16.1 268 15 308.6 308.8 285.8 311.3 0.78 11 500 5670 -18.3 -35.8 20 17.5 -21.0 271 17 310.8 310.8 286.1 312.0 0.36 12 450 6446 -24.6 -40.9 20 16.4 -26.5 255 21 312.4 312.4 286.5 313.2 0.24 13 400 7296 -28.5 -43.3 23 14.8 -30.0 240 48 317.9 318.0 288.3 318.7 0.21 14 350 8242 -34.0 -45.2 32 11.2 -35.0 237 68 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.6 0.19 15 300 9309 -38.7 -60.3 8 21.6 -39.7 234 80 330.8 330.8 292.0 330.9 0.04 16 250 10545 -43.5 -66.0 7 22.5 -44.2 233 71 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 17 200 12034 -47.8 -73.6 4 25.8 -48.4 233 52 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 13899 -55.5 -79.6 3 24.2 -55.8 231 39 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16420 -63.6 -84.5 4 20.9 -63.8 225 19 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5543.27 m Freezing level: 706.83 mb = 2995.39 m = 9827.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.90 mb = 2260.11 m = 7414.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.33 % Est. max temperature: 12.43 C = 54.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.34 mb = 3055.91 m = 10025.82 ft T: -0.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 575.39 mb = 4604.69 m = 15107.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.71 C = 62.07 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12232.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.65 mb = 3759.23 m = 12333.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.9 neg: -5.0 tot: 29.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 39.74 m/s