MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.66,-100.66 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -100.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 1 950 446 SFC 904 864 12.6 0.1 42 12.5 6.4 260 7 294.1 294.8 284.0 306.6 4.25 3 900 902 14.6 -0.8 35 15.4 7.0 265 10 296.6 297.3 284.7 308.4 3.99 4 850 1392 21.2 -6.4 15 27.6 7.9 303 30 308.3 308.8 287.8 317.1 2.78 5 800 1914 18.8 -7.3 16 26.1 6.4 295 37 311.2 311.8 288.8 320.1 2.77 6 750 2462 13.8 -7.9 22 21.6 3.8 290 39 311.5 312.1 288.9 320.6 2.82 7 700 3037 8.6 -8.8 28 17.5 0.8 282 40 312.1 312.6 289.0 321.1 2.80 8 650 3644 4.0 -11.8 31 15.8 -2.4 262 36 313.5 314.0 289.2 321.3 2.39 9 600 4288 -1.1 -14.6 35 13.5 -6.1 242 36 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.6 2.05 10 550 4974 -7.0 -17.2 44 10.2 -10.5 250 36 315.7 316.1 289.3 321.7 1.80 11 500 5709 -12.4 -19.7 55 7.3 -14.6 257 46 317.9 318.2 289.8 323.3 1.61 12 450 6508 -16.4 -28.8 34 12.4 -19.2 258 61 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.79 13 400 7384 -22.1 -35.7 28 13.6 -24.4 258 73 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.9 0.45 14 350 8349 -30.4 -40.1 38 9.7 -31.5 257 77 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.33 15 300 9424 -39.7 -45.2 55 5.6 -40.1 258 81 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 16 250 10645 -48.6 -54.6 50 6.0 -48.8 266 94 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.09 17 200 12083 -55.9 -68.1 20 12.1 -56.1 269 97 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 13894 -60.6 -77.6 9 16.9 -60.8 273 79 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16371 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.8 -67.8 252 48 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.47 m Freezing level: 610.81 mb = 4149.01 m = 13612.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.20 mb = 3188.13 m = 10459.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.92 mb = 2485.01 m = 8152.81 ft T: 13.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 904.1- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 508.11 mb = 5585.36 m = 18324.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.36 C = 95.65 F Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lifted Index: 6.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.85 C Showalter Index: 5.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.59 C Cross Totals Index: 6.01 C K Index: 9.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9284.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 596.87 mb = 4329.52 m = 14204.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.2 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 296.2 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 4.4 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -96.6 tot: -75.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: -5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 77.88 m/s