MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.30,-106.89 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 560 2 900 1016 3 850 1496 4 800 2003 5 750 2540 SFC 715 2939 6.9 -5.8 40 12.7 1.0 226 6 308.3 308.9 288.5 319.1 3.47 7 700 3110 7.2 -7.4 35 14.6 0.6 231 13 310.5 311.1 288.9 320.4 3.13 8 650 3715 3.3 -10.4 36 13.7 -2.4 246 25 312.7 313.2 289.2 321.3 2.66 9 600 4358 -0.5 -14.1 35 13.6 -5.7 262 45 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.5 2.13 10 550 5048 -4.7 -20.0 29 15.4 -9.6 268 52 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.3 1.41 11 500 5791 -9.6 -28.9 19 19.3 -14.3 269 56 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.8 0.70 12 450 6595 -15.5 -34.8 17 19.3 -19.2 272 56 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.3 0.44 13 400 7472 -21.9 -41.5 15 19.6 -24.6 274 50 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.25 14 350 8439 -29.5 -46.4 18 17.0 -31.2 276 47 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.17 15 300 9519 -38.1 -49.2 30 11.1 -38.9 280 48 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 16 250 10748 -47.6 -56.5 35 8.9 -47.9 275 54 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.07 17 200 12192 -55.9 -67.6 22 11.7 -56.1 277 68 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 13991 -62.1 -77.1 12 15.0 -62.3 270 53 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16448 -70.1 -83.4 13 13.3 -70.1 273 52 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.69 m Freezing level: 606.89 mb = 4269.57 m = 14007.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.06 mb = 3226.35 m = 10585.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.54 % Est. max temperature: 15.36 C = 59.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 587.79 mb = 4521.24 m = 14833.27 ft T: -1.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 714.6- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 461.72 mb = 6398.41 m = 20991.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.38 C = 68.69 F Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lifted Index: 6.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7346.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 534.30 mb = 5273.80 m = 17302.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 45.6 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 401.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 401.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 164.55 m/s