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: 41.74,-104.14 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -104.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 555 2 900 1005 SFC 854 1432 6.4 0.4 65 6.0 3.5 342 17 292.4 293.2 283.7 305.8 4.60 4 850 1475 5.3 0.3 70 4.9 2.9 344 21 291.7 292.5 283.4 305.1 4.61 5 800 1966 1.0 -1.6 83 2.6 -0.2 346 25 292.2 293.0 283.2 304.7 4.26 6 750 2482 -2.1 -2.6 97 0.5 -2.4 326 22 294.2 295.0 284.0 306.6 4.21 7 700 3028 -4.6 -4.9 98 0.3 -4.7 294 34 297.4 298.1 284.8 308.7 3.79 8 650 3609 -6.9 -8.9 86 2.0 -7.7 292 42 301.1 301.7 285.4 310.3 2.99 9 600 4229 -11.2 -14.8 75 3.5 -12.3 294 44 303.1 303.5 285.1 309.5 2.03 10 550 4891 -15.9 -23.3 53 7.4 -17.6 289 50 305.2 305.4 284.8 308.7 1.06 11 500 5603 -20.1 -35.2 25 15.1 -22.4 281 54 308.5 308.6 285.2 309.8 0.38 12 450 6374 -26.3 -42.4 20 16.1 -27.9 278 51 310.2 310.3 285.7 311.0 0.20 13 400 7213 -32.9 -49.9 17 17.0 -34.0 283 51 312.2 312.3 286.2 312.6 0.10 14 350 8141 -38.4 -58.4 10 20.0 -39.2 292 58 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.1 0.04 15 300 9190 -42.5 -62.8 9 20.3 -43.2 292 55 325.4 325.4 290.4 325.5 0.03 16 250 10419 -43.1 -68.2 5 25.1 -43.9 300 64 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 11914 -46.9 -74.9 3 28.1 -47.6 291 56 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 18 150 13785 -54.6 -79.3 3 24.8 -54.9 292 61 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16331 -59.5 -84.7 2 25.2 -59.8 277 30 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5479.00 m Freezing level: 783.82 mb = 2133.06 m = 6998.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.56 mb = 1940.20 m = 6365.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.60 % Est. max temperature: 10.88 C = 51.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.15 mb = 2177.16 m = 7142.82 ft T: -0.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 1.12 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.63 mb = 2496.43 m = 8190.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.23 C = 46.82 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: 5.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 25.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11950.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.31 mb = 2289.14 m = 7510.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.2 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 321.2 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.8 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.8 neg: -26.7 tot: 64.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 153.49 m/s