MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.40,-105.00 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -105.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 534 2 900 988 3 850 1465 SFC 803 1930 7.5 -2.5 49 10.1 2.8 312 20 298.8 299.5 285.5 310.7 3.95 5 800 1965 6.9 -2.8 50 9.7 2.4 309 24 298.5 299.2 285.4 310.2 3.90 6 750 2491 2.0 -4.1 64 6.1 -0.7 298 39 298.7 299.4 285.3 310.0 3.75 7 700 3043 -2.9 -5.5 82 2.6 -4.0 297 45 299.3 300.0 285.4 310.3 3.63 8 650 3625 -6.7 -8.4 88 1.7 -7.4 299 39 301.4 301.9 285.7 310.9 3.11 9 600 4246 -10.4 -12.6 84 2.2 -11.2 294 35 304.0 304.5 285.9 311.6 2.42 10 550 4910 -15.6 -17.9 83 2.3 -16.3 293 40 305.5 305.8 285.7 311.0 1.70 11 500 5621 -20.4 -30.8 39 10.3 -22.2 289 51 308.1 308.2 285.4 310.1 0.59 12 450 6392 -26.4 -43.7 18 17.3 -28.2 292 55 310.0 310.0 285.5 310.6 0.18 13 400 7231 -32.6 -50.1 16 17.5 -33.8 300 63 312.6 312.6 286.4 312.9 0.10 14 350 8162 -37.0 -57.5 10 20.5 -37.9 308 77 318.9 318.9 288.4 319.0 0.05 15 300 9216 -41.7 -62.2 9 20.5 -42.5 308 72 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.03 16 250 10444 -44.3 -65.5 8 21.2 -45.0 312 81 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 17 200 11936 -46.9 -75.0 3 28.1 -47.6 301 63 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13805 -55.3 -79.2 4 23.9 -55.6 295 62 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.01 19 100 16339 -61.9 -84.4 3 22.5 -62.1 283 34 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5521.14 m Freezing level: 729.69 mb = 2714.88 m = 8906.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.95 mb = 2362.00 m = 7749.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.10 % Est. max temperature: 9.79 C = 49.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.36 mb = 3174.53 m = 10415.01 ft T: -3.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 0.67 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.11 mb = 3480.29 m = 11418.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.46 C = 49.03 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11100.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.59 mb = 3252.27 m = 10670.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.5 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 326.5 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.7 neg: -45.6 tot: 74.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 45.09 m/s