MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 23 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 122 1 950 557 2 900 1014 3 850 1494 SFC 815 1841 11.6 3.8 59 7.8 7.3 313 6 301.9 303.0 288.9 320.4 6.19 5 800 2002 11.1 2.0 53 9.1 6.2 305 12 303.0 304.0 288.6 319.7 5.52 6 750 2538 8.4 -1.3 51 9.6 3.5 287 8 305.6 306.5 288.7 319.9 4.64 7 700 3104 4.1 -3.6 57 7.7 0.4 247 8 307.0 307.8 288.8 320.0 4.18 8 650 3702 -0.5 -6.5 64 6.0 -3.2 232 13 308.4 309.0 288.6 319.7 3.61 9 600 4335 -5.9 -9.3 77 3.4 -7.3 228 14 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.2 3.14 10 550 5010 -11.3 -13.5 83 2.2 -12.1 223 14 310.7 311.1 288.3 318.6 2.44 11 500 5733 -17.0 -19.4 81 2.5 -17.7 212 16 312.3 312.6 288.0 317.7 1.64 12 450 6514 -22.7 -25.8 75 3.1 -23.3 197 18 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.3 1.04 13 400 7367 -28.9 -31.5 78 2.6 -29.3 185 16 317.4 317.5 288.7 319.8 0.69 14 350 8307 -36.5 -36.7 98 0.2 -36.5 180 12 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.2 0.47 15 300 9356 -44.1 -47.1 71 3.1 -44.2 207 25 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.18 16 250 10567 -48.5 -64.3 14 15.8 -48.9 227 58 333.9 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 17 200 12018 -53.2 -70.3 11 17.1 -53.5 232 60 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13846 -58.6 -78.7 6 20.2 -58.8 250 54 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16369 -63.4 -83.9 5 20.5 -63.6 255 34 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.23 m Freezing level: 655.75 mb = 3632.74 m = 11918.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.08 mb = 3172.26 m = 10407.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.59 % Est. max temperature: 17.35 C = 63.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.72 mb = 2819.12 m = 9248.97 ft T: 6.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 0.73 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.10 mb = 3960.21 m = 12992.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.09 C = 64.57 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.10 mb = 3516.28 m = 11536.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 540.10 mb = 5147.61 m = 16888.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.10 mb = 7012.08 m = 23005.25 ft B at Equ Level: 40.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 340.10 mb = 8502.21 m = 27894.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -14.7 tot: -6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 34.57 m/s