MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.28,-106.92 Latitude: 39.28 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 579 2 900 1030 3 850 1502 4 800 1997 5 750 2518 SFC 712 2938 -3.2 -10.3 58 7.0 -5.8 187 2 297.5 298.0 283.4 305.0 2.46 7 700 3070 -1.9 -10.9 50 9.1 -5.3 224 2 300.4 300.8 284.5 307.7 2.37 8 650 3655 -5.1 -14.2 49 9.1 -8.2 247 5 303.2 303.5 285.1 309.3 1.95 9 600 4280 -8.6 -21.4 35 12.8 -12.1 262 12 306.1 306.4 285.3 309.9 1.15 10 550 4949 -12.5 -33.5 15 21.0 -16.4 270 21 309.3 309.4 285.6 310.7 0.41 11 500 5669 -17.3 -38.1 15 20.8 -20.5 266 24 311.9 312.0 286.4 312.9 0.28 12 450 6451 -22.3 -38.8 21 16.4 -24.6 249 34 315.2 315.2 287.5 316.3 0.30 13 400 7307 -27.3 -39.2 31 11.9 -28.8 240 60 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.7 0.32 14 350 8257 -32.5 -46.5 24 14.0 -33.7 236 77 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.17 15 300 9328 -39.7 -50.7 30 11.0 -40.4 233 83 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.12 16 250 10553 -45.8 -63.6 12 17.8 -46.3 237 69 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12029 -49.2 -73.8 4 24.6 -49.7 236 51 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13887 -56.4 -79.4 4 23.0 -56.7 239 43 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16412 -62.2 -84.6 4 22.3 -62.4 252 16 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5522.92 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.60 % Est. max temperature: 6.79 C = 44.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 636.64 mb = 3817.35 m = 12523.97 ft T: -6.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 711.6- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.88 mb = 5656.18 m = 18556.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.80 C = 49.64 F Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lifted Index: 5.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10963.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 568.87 mb = 4689.49 m = 15385.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 154.83 m/s