MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 91 1 950 526 2 900 981 3 850 1459 4 800 1963 5 750 2495 6 700 3057 SFC 700 3061 5.5 -11.0 29 16.6 -1.3 276 7 308.6 309.1 287.5 316.1 2.35 8 650 3653 -1.6 -13.5 40 11.9 -6.0 267 10 307.1 307.5 286.6 313.7 2.07 9 600 4283 -7.2 -16.0 49 8.8 -10.1 271 13 307.7 308.1 286.6 313.6 1.82 10 550 4954 -11.8 -22.5 41 10.7 -14.6 284 17 310.1 310.3 286.7 313.8 1.14 11 500 5678 -16.1 -33.7 20 17.6 -19.3 303 16 313.4 313.5 287.1 314.9 0.44 12 450 6463 -20.5 -31.0 39 10.4 -22.5 350 16 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.7 0.64 13 400 7326 -25.7 -33.6 48 7.9 -27.0 11 29 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.6 0.56 14 350 8278 -33.5 -43.0 38 9.5 -34.4 13 36 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.24 15 300 9342 -41.1 -49.5 40 8.4 -41.6 15 43 327.4 327.4 291.1 328.0 0.14 16 250 10564 -46.0 -64.7 10 18.7 -46.6 350 20 337.6 337.7 293.7 337.8 0.03 17 200 12033 -50.5 -76.4 3 25.9 -50.9 274 26 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13882 -57.1 -79.5 4 22.5 -57.4 266 28 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16399 -63.0 -84.4 4 21.4 -63.2 251 23 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.27 m Freezing level: 661.45 mb = 3516.62 m = 11537.34 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.54 % Est. max temperature: 6.81 C = 44.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 541.14 mb = 5077.69 m = 16658.87 ft T: -12.56 C Conv cond level (CCL): 490.72 mb = 5817.29 m = 19085.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.44 C = 50.80 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9512.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 535.13 mb = 5162.33 m = 16936.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.2 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 17.2 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 59.05 m/s