MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z MON 20 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 136 1 950 571 2 900 1027 3 850 1506 SFC 816 1843 8.7 -2.7 44 11.4 3.3 213 3 298.7 299.4 285.4 310.2 3.83 5 800 2012 11.2 -3.5 36 14.7 4.2 245 2 303.1 303.8 286.9 314.4 3.70 6 750 2548 8.4 -5.3 37 13.7 2.1 276 11 305.7 306.3 287.5 316.3 3.43 7 700 3114 4.5 -6.6 44 11.1 -0.4 276 25 307.5 308.1 288.1 317.9 3.33 8 650 3712 -0.3 -8.3 55 7.9 -3.7 276 33 308.6 309.2 288.2 318.5 3.15 9 600 4347 -4.0 -15.2 41 11.2 -7.9 284 44 311.5 311.9 288.1 317.9 1.95 10 550 5031 -5.8 -24.6 21 18.9 -11.1 290 58 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.5 0.94 11 500 5772 -9.4 -30.7 16 21.4 -14.4 295 64 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.59 12 450 6577 -15.0 -35.9 15 20.8 -19.0 294 67 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.8 0.40 13 400 7457 -21.2 -42.4 13 21.2 -24.1 294 73 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.23 14 350 8427 -28.7 -51.4 9 22.8 -30.6 296 79 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 15 300 9509 -38.0 -53.3 18 15.4 -38.9 289 83 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 16 250 10737 -48.1 -58.8 28 10.8 -48.4 282 84 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12169 -59.1 -64.0 53 4.9 -59.2 275 93 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 13938 -65.9 -73.7 33 7.8 -66.0 272 102 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16407 -65.2 -84.0 6 18.8 -65.4 275 51 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.20 m Freezing level: 653.58 mb = 3669.18 m = 12037.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.91 mb = 3010.15 m = 9875.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.70 % Est. max temperature: 17.68 C = 63.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.06 mb = 3287.99 m = 10787.22 ft T: 3.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 490.43 mb = 5920.10 m = 19422.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 7.96 C Lifted Index: 9.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9260.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.23 mb = 4071.23 m = 13356.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.0 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 320.0 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 352.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 352.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 256.07 m/s