MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 21 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 209 1 950 642 2 900 1096 3 850 1571 4 800 2072 5 750 2600 SFC 719 2937 1.4 -8.1 49 9.5 -2.5 187 3 301.7 302.2 285.5 310.6 2.89 7 700 3162 3.4 -9.0 40 12.4 -1.8 248 5 306.2 306.7 287.1 314.9 2.75 8 650 3759 0.2 -12.6 38 12.8 -4.7 245 9 309.1 309.6 287.5 316.3 2.23 9 600 4396 -3.1 -18.9 28 15.8 -8.2 281 17 312.6 312.9 287.9 317.4 1.44 10 550 5081 -5.5 -18.5 35 13.0 -9.8 306 35 317.5 317.8 289.6 322.9 1.62 11 500 5823 -9.4 -21.5 37 12.1 -13.0 304 44 321.6 321.9 290.6 326.3 1.37 12 450 6629 -15.1 -26.4 37 11.3 -17.9 300 50 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.7 0.98 13 400 7507 -22.2 -31.8 41 9.7 -24.0 293 55 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.6 0.66 14 350 8474 -28.7 -47.2 15 18.4 -30.6 295 64 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 15 300 9557 -37.7 -50.2 26 12.5 -38.5 285 70 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.13 16 250 10785 -48.3 -57.3 35 9.0 -48.6 289 68 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.07 17 200 12221 -57.8 -64.1 44 6.4 -57.9 280 77 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 13991 -66.8 -72.6 43 5.9 -66.8 280 80 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 19 100 16421 -68.4 -83.0 11 14.5 -68.5 298 49 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.89 m Freezing level: 647.59 mb = 3789.72 m = 12433.32 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.50 % Est. max temperature: 14.02 C = 57.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 620.12 mb = 4133.46 m = 13561.06 ft T: -1.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 719.5- 17.2 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 439.26 mb = 6808.72 m = 22338.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.32 C = 72.18 F Cap Strength: 8.25 C Lifted Index: 9.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8068.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 548.85 mb = 5097.50 m = 16723.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.6 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 325.6 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 179.04 m/s