MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 572 2 900 1025 3 850 1500 SFC 815 1842 5.2 -4.6 49 9.8 1.0 180 4 295.1 295.7 283.4 305.1 3.34 5 800 1999 6.7 -5.0 43 11.8 1.5 176 4 298.3 298.9 284.7 308.3 3.28 6 750 2526 3.8 -6.8 46 10.6 -0.7 243 6 300.7 301.3 285.3 310.0 3.06 7 700 3083 0.4 -8.0 53 8.3 -3.1 279 16 302.9 303.4 286.1 312.1 2.99 8 650 3673 -3.0 -11.3 53 8.3 -6.1 299 24 305.6 306.1 286.5 313.4 2.49 9 600 4303 -6.0 -15.7 46 9.8 -9.2 306 33 309.2 309.6 287.2 315.3 1.87 10 550 4980 -10.0 -16.7 58 6.7 -12.2 308 41 312.2 312.6 288.2 318.4 1.88 11 500 5708 -14.4 -22.0 52 7.7 -16.4 308 51 315.5 315.8 288.7 319.9 1.31 12 450 6501 -17.8 -39.2 14 21.4 -21.2 319 67 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.28 13 400 7373 -23.3 -43.6 14 20.3 -25.8 327 85 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.20 14 350 8333 -31.9 -41.9 36 10.1 -32.9 328 90 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.27 15 300 9399 -41.7 -45.1 69 3.4 -41.9 332 94 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.23 16 250 10609 -49.9 -55.3 53 5.4 -50.1 325 83 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.08 17 200 12065 -50.6 -72.3 6 21.7 -51.1 299 69 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13904 -58.7 -79.2 5 20.5 -58.9 289 56 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16399 -66.2 -84.0 7 17.8 -66.4 293 20 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.21 m Freezing level: 694.60 mb = 3146.41 m = 10322.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.23 mb = 2351.19 m = 7713.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.69 % Est. max temperature: 14.32 C = 57.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.00 mb = 3071.21 m = 10076.04 ft T: 0.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 815.4--518969491456.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 542.58 mb = 5083.58 m = 16678.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.81 C = 71.26 F Cap Strength: 7.20 C Lifted Index: 8.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10835.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.46 mb = 3704.05 m = 12152.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.0 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 344.0 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 288.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 268.44 m/s