MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 140 1 950 574 2 900 1029 3 850 1506 4 800 2008 5 750 2539 SFC 710 2989 5.1 -8.5 37 13.6 -0.7 285 9 307.0 307.5 287.4 315.9 2.84 7 700 3099 2.2 -8.9 44 11.1 -2.4 284 11 305.0 305.5 286.6 313.7 2.79 8 650 3691 -3.4 -10.9 56 7.5 -6.2 289 17 305.1 305.6 286.4 313.1 2.56 9 600 4317 -9.0 -13.5 70 4.5 -10.5 302 25 305.7 306.2 286.4 312.9 2.25 10 550 4984 -13.0 -22.1 47 9.0 -15.4 314 43 308.6 308.8 286.2 312.5 1.19 11 500 5709 -14.2 -34.7 16 20.6 -18.0 320 71 315.8 315.9 287.8 317.2 0.40 12 450 6504 -16.9 -38.4 14 21.5 -20.5 328 83 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.31 13 400 7376 -23.8 -37.8 27 13.9 -25.9 324 88 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.37 14 350 8334 -32.3 -47.1 22 14.8 -33.6 318 90 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.16 15 300 9398 -42.3 -50.5 40 8.2 -42.8 325 88 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.12 16 250 10608 -50.2 -57.9 40 7.6 -50.5 302 83 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 17 200 12074 -48.9 -73.3 4 24.4 -49.4 308 77 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13921 -60.4 -78.6 7 18.2 -60.5 276 46 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.01 19 100 16396 -67.6 -83.8 8 16.2 -67.7 286 42 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.99 m Freezing level: 680.23 mb = 3332.84 m = 10934.40 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.44 % Est. max temperature: 6.11 C = 42.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 574.68 mb = 4647.68 m = 15248.10 ft T: -10.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 3.37 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.54 mb = 4949.06 m = 16236.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.48 C = 43.67 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: 6.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9134.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 577.23 mb = 4613.63 m = 15136.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.7 at 62.1 knts Storm direction: 349.7 at 46.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 573.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 573.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 360.81 m/s