MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.27,-104.53 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -104.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 593 2 900 1040 3 850 1507 SFC 831 1692 2.9 1.5 90 1.4 2.2 356 12 291.1 292.0 283.7 305.8 5.12 5 800 1996 -0.6 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.7 355 20 290.6 291.4 282.8 303.5 4.49 6 750 2509 -3.4 -4.1 95 0.7 -3.7 350 23 292.9 293.6 283.0 304.0 3.76 7 700 3053 -5.5 -6.3 95 0.7 -5.8 319 30 296.4 297.0 284.0 306.6 3.41 8 650 3632 -8.3 -9.4 92 1.1 -8.7 299 40 299.6 300.1 284.7 308.4 2.89 9 600 4248 -12.5 -13.5 92 1.0 -12.8 296 41 301.7 302.1 284.8 308.7 2.25 10 550 4906 -17.7 -19.7 84 2.0 -18.1 294 44 303.1 303.4 284.5 307.8 1.46 11 500 5612 -22.2 -37.9 23 15.7 -24.2 304 52 305.9 306.0 284.2 307.0 0.29 12 450 6381 -25.5 -49.9 8 24.4 -27.6 317 85 311.1 311.2 285.8 311.5 0.09 13 400 7227 -30.2 -47.7 16 17.5 -31.6 318 104 315.8 315.8 287.5 316.3 0.13 14 350 8167 -35.4 -50.9 19 15.5 -36.4 322 99 320.9 321.0 289.2 321.3 0.10 15 300 9226 -41.1 -55.4 20 14.3 -41.8 324 95 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.07 16 250 10454 -43.3 -64.0 8 20.7 -44.0 309 102 341.6 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 11943 -47.7 -74.4 3 26.7 -48.3 318 69 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 18 150 13812 -55.8 -79.2 4 23.4 -56.1 288 59 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.01 19 100 16345 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -59.0 294 38 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5446.68 m Freezing level: 804.93 mb = 1946.98 m = 6387.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 807.33 mb = 1922.17 m = 6306.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.35 % Est. max temperature: 9.05 C = 48.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.65 mb = 1869.41 m = 6133.16 ft T: 0.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 2.30 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.29 mb = 2286.35 m = 7501.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.68 C = 38.63 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13199.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.91 mb = 2279.97 m = 7480.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.9 at 53.8 knts Storm direction: 342.9 at 40.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.6 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.6 neg: -17.9 tot: 114.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 238.80 m/s