MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 40.19,-104.06 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -104.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 525 2 900 980 3 850 1457 SFC 849 1464 10.9 -0.2 46 11.0 5.4 222 8 297.6 298.4 285.7 310.9 4.45 5 800 1959 8.2 -3.4 44 11.6 2.8 226 15 299.9 300.5 285.7 311.1 3.71 6 750 2489 4.6 -9.8 34 14.4 -1.2 231 10 301.6 302.1 285.0 309.1 2.42 7 700 3047 1.5 -16.1 26 17.6 -4.6 236 9 304.2 304.4 285.0 309.2 1.56 8 650 3639 -2.0 -22.1 20 20.1 -7.9 242 11 306.7 306.8 285.3 309.9 1.00 9 600 4270 -6.2 -30.7 12 24.5 -11.7 250 14 308.9 309.0 285.5 310.6 0.49 10 550 4944 -11.2 -36.8 10 25.5 -15.8 251 20 310.8 310.8 285.9 311.8 0.30 11 500 5667 -16.2 -39.7 11 23.5 -19.8 248 30 313.2 313.3 286.8 314.1 0.24 12 450 6453 -20.5 -36.4 23 15.9 -22.9 241 49 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.9 0.38 13 400 7315 -25.8 -39.3 27 13.6 -27.5 240 68 321.5 321.5 289.6 322.6 0.31 14 350 8272 -31.2 -47.2 19 16.0 -32.6 233 76 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.15 15 300 9344 -40.1 -49.1 38 9.0 -40.7 230 73 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.15 16 250 10567 -47.0 -60.7 19 13.7 -47.4 230 69 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12037 -48.6 -73.1 4 24.5 -49.1 227 54 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13896 -56.6 -79.4 4 22.8 -56.9 239 42 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16418 -63.7 -84.3 4 20.6 -63.8 245 23 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.72 m Freezing level: 678.73 mb = 3298.98 m = 10823.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.67 mb = 2329.69 m = 7643.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.13 % Est. max temperature: 17.16 C = 62.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.73 mb = 2844.47 m = 9332.14 ft T: 2.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 1.96 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 579.20 mb = 4543.25 m = 14905.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.40 C = 72.32 F Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lifted Index: 5.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.95 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11438.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.99 mb = 3469.15 m = 11381.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.9 neg: -22.2 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 32.11 m/s