MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 22 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 128 1 950 563 2 900 1020 3 850 1501 4 800 2010 5 750 2549 SFC 716 2937 10.8 -7.6 27 18.4 2.3 262 6 312.5 313.0 289.4 322.1 3.01 7 700 3119 7.7 -9.0 29 16.7 0.4 250 7 311.0 311.5 288.7 319.8 2.75 8 650 3723 2.2 -11.3 36 13.4 -3.3 247 12 311.4 311.9 288.5 319.4 2.48 9 600 4362 -3.6 -13.1 48 9.4 -7.2 251 16 311.9 312.3 288.5 319.4 2.32 10 550 5042 -9.2 -14.5 66 5.3 -11.1 256 21 313.1 313.6 288.9 320.5 2.26 11 500 5772 -14.4 -18.9 69 4.5 -15.7 250 29 315.5 315.8 289.1 321.2 1.72 12 450 6562 -19.9 -32.5 32 12.7 -22.2 244 36 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.2 0.55 13 400 7423 -26.9 -36.2 41 9.3 -28.2 241 48 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.6 0.43 14 350 8372 -33.4 -41.6 43 8.2 -34.3 237 67 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.28 15 300 9438 -40.5 -45.8 57 5.3 -40.9 235 83 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.21 16 250 10655 -49.9 -55.3 53 5.4 -50.1 235 89 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 17 200 12082 -57.5 -65.5 35 8.0 -57.6 239 78 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 13889 -60.1 -78.2 8 18.1 -60.3 242 55 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16372 -65.1 -83.7 6 18.6 -65.3 264 50 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.09 m Freezing level: 631.43 mb = 3960.52 m = 12993.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.97 mb = 3177.99 m = 10426.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.48 % Est. max temperature: 11.06 C = 51.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 539.61 mb = 5188.21 m = 17021.48 ft T: -10.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 2.71 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 504.20 mb = 5707.95 m = 18726.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.37 C = 56.07 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 2.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7348.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 531.00 mb = 5311.29 m = 17425.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 96.11 m/s