MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.53,-105.48 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -105.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 550 2 900 1005 3 850 1482 4 800 1983 5 750 2512 SFC 734 2685 5.6 -7.1 39 12.7 0.0 295 17 304.5 305.1 286.7 314.0 3.05 7 700 3070 -0.0 -9.1 50 9.1 -3.7 292 33 302.5 303.0 285.7 310.9 2.74 8 650 3657 -5.9 -11.1 67 5.2 -7.8 292 44 302.2 302.7 285.4 310.1 2.52 9 600 4277 -11.0 -14.5 76 3.4 -12.1 294 47 303.4 303.7 285.3 309.9 2.08 10 550 4939 -14.9 -23.2 49 8.2 -16.9 308 58 306.4 306.6 285.3 309.9 1.08 11 500 5656 -17.7 -36.6 18 18.9 -20.7 319 78 311.5 311.5 286.3 312.7 0.33 12 450 6439 -21.1 -39.0 18 17.9 -23.7 314 98 316.7 316.7 288.0 317.7 0.29 13 400 7298 -26.1 -43.9 17 17.7 -28.1 326 106 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.8 0.20 14 350 8251 -33.3 -45.8 28 12.5 -34.4 331 115 323.8 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.18 15 300 9310 -42.8 -49.8 46 7.0 -43.2 332 119 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.13 16 250 10513 -49.6 -56.8 42 7.3 -49.8 321 97 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 17 200 11992 -47.0 -74.3 3 27.3 -47.7 322 77 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 13857 -57.3 -79.1 5 21.9 -57.5 292 58 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16364 -63.0 -84.2 4 21.3 -63.1 287 46 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5539.85 m Freezing level: 700.14 mb = 3068.78 m = 10068.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.77 mb = 2690.42 m = 8826.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.20 % Est. max temperature: 5.40 C = 41.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 602.78 mb = 4241.22 m = 13914.61 ft T: -10.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 4.08 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.34 mb = 4349.12 m = 14268.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.86 C = 40.75 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10700.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 602.14 mb = 4249.44 m = 13941.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.6 at 76.9 knts Storm direction: 347.6 at 57.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 4.7 tot: 12.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 781.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 781.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 260.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 376.12 m/s