MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 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 183 1 950 617 2 900 1072 3 850 1551 SFC 821 1842 8.4 -3.8 42 12.2 2.8 150 3 297.9 298.6 284.8 308.5 3.51 5 800 2056 10.4 -4.4 35 14.8 3.5 150 7 302.2 302.8 286.3 312.8 3.45 6 750 2591 8.5 -6.6 34 15.1 1.7 197 5 305.8 306.3 287.2 315.5 3.10 7 700 3157 5.3 -9.8 33 15.0 -1.0 253 12 308.3 308.8 287.6 316.6 2.60 8 650 3759 2.8 -15.1 25 17.9 -3.9 270 17 312.1 312.5 288.1 318.1 1.81 9 600 4403 -0.1 -16.5 28 16.4 -6.0 281 19 316.0 316.3 289.3 321.8 1.76 10 550 5094 -4.2 -18.9 31 14.7 -9.1 280 22 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.4 1.56 11 500 5838 -9.1 -24.9 26 15.9 -13.5 277 24 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.5 1.01 12 450 6644 -14.4 -35.0 16 20.6 -18.4 276 23 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.7 0.43 13 400 7525 -21.1 -41.5 14 20.4 -24.1 278 26 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.25 14 350 8494 -29.2 -44.3 22 15.1 -30.9 272 29 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 15 300 9573 -38.6 -44.3 55 5.7 -39.1 269 28 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.25 16 250 10796 -49.3 -49.6 96 0.3 -49.3 264 31 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.5 0.17 17 200 12222 -59.8 -60.9 87 1.1 -59.8 258 43 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 18 150 13995 -65.2 -76.6 19 11.4 -65.3 264 58 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16430 -68.8 -83.3 11 14.5 -68.9 272 35 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.94 m Freezing level: 601.95 mb = 4377.50 m = 14361.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.20 mb = 2934.78 m = 9628.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.39 % Est. max temperature: 20.29 C = 68.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.23 mb = 3389.51 m = 11120.30 ft T: 4.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 820.7--21495.8 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.09 mb = 6293.55 m = 20647.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Cap Strength: 10.37 C Lifted Index: 10.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9386.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 613.86 mb = 4218.92 m = 13841.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 63.07 m/s