MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 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 139 1 950 572 2 900 1024 3 850 1496 4 800 1991 5 750 2513 SFC 711 2938 -2.6 -8.1 66 5.5 -4.8 224 3 298.3 298.8 284.2 307.1 2.91 7 700 3066 -0.8 -8.9 55 8.0 -4.0 253 5 301.6 302.1 285.4 310.2 2.79 8 650 3655 -3.4 -12.3 50 8.9 -6.7 265 10 305.1 305.5 286.1 312.3 2.29 9 600 4283 -6.5 -14.8 52 8.3 -9.3 290 20 308.6 309.0 287.1 315.1 2.02 10 550 4960 -9.4 -19.3 45 9.8 -12.4 299 30 312.9 313.2 288.1 317.9 1.51 11 500 5690 -14.4 -20.9 58 6.5 -16.2 297 33 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.4 1.45 12 450 6479 -19.9 -23.3 74 3.5 -20.7 298 44 318.2 318.5 289.6 322.7 1.30 13 400 7345 -24.5 -40.0 22 15.5 -26.5 311 56 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.29 14 350 8303 -31.6 -46.0 23 14.3 -32.9 324 72 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.18 15 300 9373 -40.1 -51.5 28 11.4 -40.8 323 77 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.11 16 250 10597 -46.8 -59.5 22 12.7 -47.3 314 69 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12062 -50.8 -71.7 7 20.8 -51.2 273 42 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13892 -59.9 -77.7 8 17.7 -60.1 282 43 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16382 -65.7 -84.0 6 18.3 -65.8 292 31 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.26 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.01 % Est. max temperature: 9.77 C = 49.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 651.80 mb = 3632.51 m = 11917.55 ft T: -3.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 711.2- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 494.53 mb = 5771.93 m = 18936.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.35 C = 56.02 F Cap Strength: 6.29 C Lifted Index: 6.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9827.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 578.15 mb = 4571.86 m = 14999.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.3 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 338.3 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 179.98 m/s