MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 162 1 950 597 2 900 1052 3 850 1531 4 800 2037 5 750 2571 SFC 717 2937 8.0 -6.9 34 14.9 1.3 272 9 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.3 3.19 7 700 3135 4.3 -7.8 41 12.2 -1.0 263 12 307.3 307.8 287.7 316.8 3.03 8 650 3732 -1.4 -9.8 53 8.4 -4.8 262 16 307.3 307.9 287.5 316.2 2.80 9 600 4363 -6.6 -14.0 55 7.4 -9.2 273 22 308.5 308.9 287.2 315.4 2.15 10 550 5041 -6.9 -32.1 11 25.2 -12.6 299 53 315.9 316.0 287.9 317.6 0.47 11 500 5781 -9.3 -32.1 14 22.7 -14.5 302 65 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.6 0.52 12 450 6587 -14.5 -35.0 16 20.5 -18.6 291 68 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.43 13 400 7468 -21.2 -42.4 13 21.2 -24.1 291 73 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.4 0.23 14 350 8437 -29.1 -45.9 18 16.8 -30.8 295 77 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.18 15 300 9518 -38.2 -49.0 31 10.8 -38.9 292 80 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 16 250 10746 -47.5 -57.9 29 10.4 -47.9 282 84 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 17 200 12183 -58.3 -66.1 36 7.8 -58.5 279 89 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 18 150 13961 -63.8 -75.3 19 11.5 -63.9 280 93 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16437 -67.8 -83.1 10 15.3 -67.9 267 42 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.18 m Freezing level: 662.44 mb = 3583.48 m = 11756.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.58 mb = 3047.68 m = 9998.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.56 % Est. max temperature: 11.71 C = 53.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 570.19 mb = 4759.97 m = 15616.50 ft T: -6.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 453.71 mb = 6524.65 m = 21406.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.13 C = 71.83 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: 9.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7930.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 569.14 mb = 4774.34 m = 15663.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 53.9 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 40.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.1 neg: -10.8 tot: 394.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 254.43 m/s