MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 1 950 589 2 900 1040 3 850 1513 4 800 2008 5 750 2530 SFC 702 3062 -3.2 -7.7 71 4.6 -5.0 258 3 298.8 299.3 284.5 308.0 3.04 7 700 3082 -1.6 -7.8 62 6.2 -4.1 269 5 300.8 301.3 285.3 310.0 3.03 8 650 3668 -4.4 -10.8 61 6.4 -6.8 285 9 304.0 304.5 286.1 312.1 2.59 9 600 4295 -8.2 -13.5 66 5.3 -10.1 303 20 306.6 307.0 286.6 313.7 2.25 10 550 4965 -12.1 -17.1 66 5.0 -13.7 305 37 309.7 310.0 287.3 315.6 1.82 11 500 5687 -16.7 -17.3 96 0.5 -16.9 308 49 312.6 313.0 288.5 319.1 1.97 12 450 6471 -22.1 -23.0 92 0.9 -22.3 309 60 315.4 315.7 288.7 319.9 1.33 13 400 7327 -27.3 -39.5 30 12.2 -28.7 312 72 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.7 0.31 14 350 8278 -32.9 -50.1 16 17.2 -34.2 324 87 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.11 15 300 9344 -40.6 -52.7 26 12.1 -41.2 329 97 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.10 16 250 10573 -44.3 -62.2 12 17.9 -44.9 309 75 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12054 -49.1 -72.7 5 23.6 -49.7 295 57 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13898 -59.7 -78.4 7 18.7 -59.9 285 53 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16380 -67.3 -83.8 8 16.5 -67.4 279 30 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5531.35 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.72 % Est. max temperature: 6.59 C = 43.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 652.82 mb = 3634.15 m = 11922.92 ft T: -4.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 701.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 541.50 mb = 5083.14 m = 16676.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.12 C = 44.82 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10504.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 590.67 mb = 4415.35 m = 14485.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.7 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 344.7 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 365.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 300.87 m/s