MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 12Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 40.66,-103.67 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 476 2 900 925 3 850 1395 SFC 849 1400 5.6 -10.0 31 15.6 -0.3 297 26 292.0 292.4 280.6 298.3 2.09 5 800 1886 1.2 -12.3 36 13.6 -3.5 297 47 292.5 292.8 280.5 298.1 1.85 6 750 2401 -3.2 -14.3 42 11.1 -6.7 299 56 293.1 293.5 280.6 298.3 1.69 7 700 2944 -5.9 -20.5 30 14.6 -9.8 312 52 295.9 296.1 281.0 299.3 1.07 8 650 3519 -10.2 -26.2 26 16.1 -13.7 309 49 297.4 297.6 281.2 299.7 0.69 9 600 4129 -15.1 -30.4 26 15.3 -17.9 304 45 298.6 298.7 281.5 300.3 0.51 10 550 4781 -19.9 -29.9 41 10.0 -21.6 288 39 300.5 300.6 282.3 302.4 0.58 11 500 5480 -24.4 -26.3 84 2.0 -24.7 247 31 303.3 303.5 283.9 306.3 0.89 12 450 6243 -27.5 -27.6 99 0.1 -27.5 199 33 308.7 308.9 285.9 311.7 0.88 13 400 7079 -34.4 -35.2 92 0.8 -34.5 197 37 310.3 310.4 286.0 311.9 0.48 14 350 8005 -37.8 -61.9 6 24.1 -38.8 205 48 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.03 15 300 9057 -42.0 -64.3 7 22.3 -42.8 208 55 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.2 0.02 16 250 10285 -43.5 -69.5 4 26.0 -44.2 215 62 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.01 17 200 11778 -46.2 -76.5 2 30.3 -46.9 232 58 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.7 0.01 18 150 13668 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 254 38 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16256 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -56.0 275 35 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5434.80 m Freezing level: 785.83 mb = 2031.98 m = 6666.52 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.67 % Est. max temperature: 9.31 C = 48.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.88 mb = 3320.05 m = 10892.42 ft T: -8.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 0.22 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 591.02 mb = 4242.29 m = 13918.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.17 C = 53.91 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 5.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14616.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.99 mb = 3554.52 m = 11661.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.3 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 307.3 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.7 neg: -49.8 tot: 78.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 25.56 m/s