MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 544 2 900 999 3 850 1476 4 800 1978 5 750 2508 SFC 701 3061 4.4 -13.0 27 17.4 -2.3 272 6 307.3 307.6 286.6 313.7 2.01 7 700 3068 2.5 -13.1 31 15.6 -3.4 267 6 305.2 305.6 285.9 311.5 1.98 8 650 3661 -2.9 -15.7 37 12.7 -7.2 264 8 305.6 306.0 285.8 311.2 1.74 9 600 4288 -8.3 -18.2 45 9.9 -11.3 267 12 306.5 306.8 285.8 311.4 1.51 10 550 4957 -12.5 -22.4 43 10.0 -15.0 274 19 309.3 309.5 286.4 313.1 1.15 11 500 5679 -16.9 -30.4 30 13.4 -19.6 278 19 312.4 312.5 286.9 314.5 0.61 12 450 6459 -23.4 -37.3 27 13.9 -25.3 276 18 313.8 313.9 287.1 315.1 0.35 13 400 7310 -28.4 -43.6 22 15.1 -30.0 284 12 318.0 318.1 288.3 318.8 0.20 14 350 8257 -34.1 -48.2 23 14.2 -35.1 317 15 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.14 15 300 9321 -40.0 -58.1 13 18.2 -40.8 282 18 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.05 16 250 10554 -44.1 -70.1 4 26.0 -44.8 256 30 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.01 17 200 12034 -49.0 -73.8 4 24.8 -49.5 247 35 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 13889 -56.8 -79.0 4 22.2 -57.1 251 34 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16409 -63.1 -84.5 4 21.4 -63.3 243 20 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.59 m Freezing level: 677.27 mb = 3337.52 m = 10949.73 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.80 % Est. max temperature: 6.19 C = 43.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 534.46 mb = 5173.98 m = 16974.81 ft T: -13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 481.79 mb = 5953.53 m = 19532.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.52 C = 49.14 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11054.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 530.73 mb = 5226.95 m = 17148.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 32.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 9.30 m/s