MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 24 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 173 1 950 607 2 900 1062 3 850 1540 SFC 820 1842 8.3 -0.4 54 8.7 4.0 148 4 297.9 298.7 285.8 311.4 4.52 5 800 2045 9.9 -1.0 47 10.9 4.5 143 8 301.7 302.5 287.1 315.1 4.44 6 750 2579 8.0 -4.1 42 12.1 2.3 163 8 305.3 306.0 287.7 316.9 3.76 7 700 3144 4.6 -7.5 41 12.1 -0.7 204 8 307.5 308.1 287.8 317.3 3.10 8 650 3744 0.8 -14.8 30 15.6 -4.9 213 10 309.9 310.3 287.4 316.0 1.87 9 600 4382 -2.7 -25.1 16 22.4 -9.0 220 11 312.9 313.1 287.3 315.8 0.83 10 550 5065 -7.2 -32.5 11 25.3 -12.8 229 11 315.5 315.6 287.8 317.1 0.45 11 500 5799 -12.7 -38.1 10 25.5 -17.1 220 12 317.6 317.7 288.3 318.7 0.29 12 450 6594 -18.4 -48.1 6 29.6 -22.0 191 13 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.5 0.11 13 400 7460 -25.5 -51.8 7 26.2 -27.9 139 14 321.8 321.8 289.4 322.1 0.08 14 350 8412 -33.7 -59.1 6 25.4 -35.1 136 21 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.4 0.04 15 300 9472 -41.9 -42.8 91 0.9 -42.0 216 13 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.29 16 250 10678 -52.5 -53.3 91 0.8 -52.5 235 12 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.5 0.11 17 200 12100 -58.2 -66.8 32 8.6 -58.3 257 23 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 18 150 13909 -58.0 -79.7 5 21.6 -58.3 267 35 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16413 -65.9 -83.6 7 17.7 -66.0 280 29 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.65 m Freezing level: 638.43 mb = 3891.18 m = 12766.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.29 mb = 3001.66 m = 9847.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.58 % Est. max temperature: 18.72 C = 65.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.22 mb = 2945.14 m = 9662.42 ft T: 5.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 548.05 mb = 5092.40 m = 16707.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lifted Index: 6.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8464.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.46 mb = 3799.34 m = 12464.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.1 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 223.1 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.29 Bulk Shear: 8.21 m/s