MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.28,-106.86 Latitude: 39.28 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 582 2 900 1034 3 850 1506 4 800 2001 5 750 2522 SFC 707 2990 -3.1 -8.5 66 5.5 -5.2 255 2 298.2 298.7 284.1 306.8 2.83 7 700 3075 -1.2 -9.2 55 7.9 -4.3 279 5 301.1 301.6 285.1 309.5 2.73 8 650 3662 -4.1 -11.7 55 7.7 -6.9 285 10 304.4 304.8 286.0 311.9 2.39 9 600 4289 -8.0 -14.2 61 6.2 -10.1 298 21 306.9 307.3 286.6 313.7 2.12 10 550 4960 -12.1 -17.4 64 5.3 -13.7 299 34 309.7 310.1 287.2 315.5 1.77 11 500 5683 -16.6 -18.4 86 1.8 -17.1 299 45 312.8 313.1 288.3 318.7 1.80 12 450 6467 -20.9 -26.2 63 5.3 -22.0 299 57 317.0 317.2 288.9 320.4 1.00 13 400 7330 -25.3 -38.9 27 13.6 -27.1 309 75 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.33 14 350 8285 -32.5 -45.4 27 12.9 -33.7 318 90 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.19 15 300 9352 -40.2 -52.1 27 11.9 -40.9 324 87 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.10 16 250 10582 -44.7 -61.0 15 16.3 -45.3 304 79 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 17 200 12061 -50.4 -71.6 6 21.1 -50.8 288 51 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13897 -59.8 -78.6 7 18.8 -60.0 280 51 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16379 -67.3 -84.0 8 16.7 -67.4 288 31 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.02 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.36 % Est. max temperature: 7.00 C = 44.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.81 mb = 3676.72 m = 12062.59 ft T: -4.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 707.4- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 527.93 mb = 5270.43 m = 17291.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.59 C = 47.45 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10399.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 583.23 mb = 4507.58 m = 14788.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.2 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 338.2 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 316.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 316.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 275.34 m/s