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: 39.28,-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 112 1 950 546 2 900 1001 3 850 1478 4 800 1980 5 750 2510 SFC 712 2937 5.1 -12.1 28 17.1 -1.7 272 6 306.6 307.0 286.5 313.4 2.13 7 700 3070 2.0 -12.7 33 14.6 -3.6 265 6 304.6 305.0 285.7 311.2 2.06 8 650 3661 -3.4 -15.2 40 11.7 -7.4 261 8 305.1 305.4 285.7 310.9 1.81 9 600 4288 -8.5 -18.2 45 9.7 -11.3 265 13 306.3 306.6 285.8 311.3 1.52 10 550 4957 -12.5 -22.3 44 9.9 -15.0 273 19 309.3 309.5 286.4 313.1 1.16 11 500 5678 -17.0 -30.4 30 13.5 -19.6 280 18 312.4 312.5 286.9 314.5 0.61 12 450 6459 -23.4 -37.5 26 14.0 -25.4 280 17 313.8 313.8 287.1 315.0 0.34 13 400 7310 -28.3 -42.2 25 13.9 -29.7 319 10 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.1 0.23 14 350 8256 -34.1 -46.7 27 12.6 -35.1 351 18 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.16 15 300 9321 -40.2 -56.9 15 16.7 -40.9 316 15 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.06 16 250 10553 -44.2 -70.3 4 26.2 -44.9 261 27 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.01 17 200 12033 -49.0 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.5 248 34 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 13888 -56.8 -79.0 4 22.2 -57.1 251 33 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16409 -63.0 -84.5 4 21.5 -63.2 244 20 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.69 m Freezing level: 681.83 mb = 3284.59 m = 10776.07 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.60 % Est. max temperature: 6.82 C = 44.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 545.21 mb = 5022.94 m = 16479.27 ft T: -12.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 2.55 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 489.65 mb = 5833.23 m = 19137.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.51 C = 50.92 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11051.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 541.20 mb = 5078.73 m = 16662.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.7 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 324.7 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 11.45 m/s