MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z 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 169 1 950 603 2 900 1058 3 850 1535 SFC 819 1842 7.6 2.0 68 5.6 4.8 165 3 297.2 298.2 286.5 313.2 5.42 5 800 2039 8.8 1.5 60 7.2 5.0 162 2 300.5 301.5 287.6 316.5 5.34 6 750 2570 6.2 -1.4 58 7.5 2.4 323 4 303.3 304.1 287.9 317.3 4.61 7 700 3133 2.8 -5.4 55 8.1 -0.9 349 10 305.5 306.2 287.7 316.9 3.66 8 650 3728 -1.6 -9.7 54 8.1 -4.8 5 15 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.1 2.83 9 600 4359 -6.0 -14.2 52 8.2 -8.9 359 15 309.2 309.6 287.4 316.0 2.12 10 550 5035 -10.1 -18.7 49 8.7 -12.7 352 16 312.2 312.5 287.9 317.4 1.59 11 500 5763 -15.2 -25.5 41 10.3 -17.6 337 18 314.5 314.7 288.0 317.8 0.96 12 450 6549 -21.4 -31.6 39 10.2 -23.2 345 19 316.3 316.5 288.2 318.5 0.60 13 400 7405 -28.8 -38.8 38 10.0 -30.0 350 18 317.6 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.33 14 350 8343 -37.0 -45.2 42 8.2 -37.6 340 20 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.6 0.19 15 300 9392 -43.6 -56.6 23 13.0 -44.1 351 30 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.1 0.06 16 250 10599 -50.2 -62.1 23 11.9 -50.5 318 34 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.04 17 200 12030 -57.1 -67.4 26 10.3 -57.3 297 42 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 18 150 13844 -58.6 -78.5 6 19.9 -58.9 274 44 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16354 -64.4 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.6 274 32 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.16 m Freezing level: 668.24 mb = 3510.51 m = 11517.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.74 mb = 2974.20 m = 9757.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.21 % Est. max temperature: 16.39 C = 61.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.30 mb = 2545.21 m = 8350.32 ft T: 6.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.29 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.91 mb = 3937.94 m = 12919.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.63 C = 63.73 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7621.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.36 mb = 3290.63 m = 10795.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.0 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 19.0 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -3.4 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 36.34 m/s