MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 136 1 950 572 2 900 1030 3 850 1513 4 800 2024 5 750 2567 SFC 717 2938 13.3 -9.2 20 22.5 2.9 263 5 314.9 315.5 289.9 323.6 2.65 7 700 3142 10.1 -10.9 22 21.0 1.0 250 7 313.6 314.1 289.2 321.4 2.37 8 650 3751 4.4 -13.2 26 17.6 -2.6 240 11 314.0 314.4 289.0 321.0 2.13 9 600 4395 -0.9 -17.2 28 16.3 -6.7 248 15 315.0 315.4 288.9 320.5 1.65 10 550 5084 -4.9 -26.2 17 21.2 -10.8 263 25 318.2 318.4 289.1 321.1 0.82 11 500 5826 -9.8 -33.8 12 24.0 -14.9 266 31 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.7 0.44 12 450 6629 -15.3 -38.6 12 23.3 -19.4 262 34 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.30 13 400 7508 -21.5 -41.3 15 19.9 -24.3 259 35 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.26 14 350 8476 -29.3 -46.9 17 17.6 -31.0 259 40 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.16 15 300 9557 -38.2 -51.0 25 12.9 -39.0 259 44 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.12 16 250 10781 -49.1 -49.8 92 0.7 -49.1 256 46 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.16 17 200 12208 -59.5 -61.6 76 2.2 -59.5 254 61 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 18 150 13978 -65.0 -75.9 21 10.9 -65.1 254 68 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16424 -67.7 -83.6 9 15.9 -67.8 277 42 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.61 m Freezing level: 608.71 mb = 4282.87 m = 14051.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.02 mb = 3307.60 m = 10851.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.64 % Est. max temperature: 15.21 C = 59.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 509.07 mb = 5685.60 m = 18653.33 ft T: -8.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 3.05 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 428.91 mb = 6987.24 m = 22923.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.63 C = 72.73 F Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lifted Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6456.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 496.31 mb = 5881.96 m = 19297.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.4 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 289.4 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 55.09 m/s