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: 39.28,-106.92 Latitude: 39.28 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 591 2 900 1042 3 850 1514 4 800 2009 5 750 2530 SFC 713 2938 -2.7 -7.3 71 4.6 -4.5 236 2 298.0 298.5 284.3 307.4 3.11 7 700 3082 -1.3 -8.1 60 6.7 -4.1 264 5 301.0 301.6 285.4 310.1 2.97 8 650 3669 -4.4 -10.5 63 6.1 -6.7 283 10 303.9 304.4 286.1 312.2 2.64 9 600 4295 -8.3 -13.5 66 5.2 -10.1 303 21 306.5 307.0 286.6 313.7 2.25 10 550 4965 -12.3 -17.1 67 4.8 -13.7 305 37 309.5 309.9 287.2 315.4 1.82 11 500 5687 -16.8 -17.2 97 0.4 -17.0 308 49 312.5 312.9 288.4 319.0 1.98 12 450 6470 -22.2 -22.9 94 0.7 -22.4 309 59 315.3 315.6 288.7 319.8 1.35 13 400 7326 -27.4 -39.2 32 11.8 -28.9 312 72 319.4 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.32 14 350 8276 -32.9 -50.0 16 17.1 -34.2 324 88 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.11 15 300 9343 -40.7 -52.5 27 11.7 -41.3 329 99 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.4 0.10 16 250 10571 -44.4 -62.1 12 17.7 -45.0 310 75 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12052 -49.1 -72.8 5 23.7 -49.6 296 58 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 13897 -59.5 -78.5 7 19.0 -59.7 285 53 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16380 -67.4 -83.8 8 16.4 -67.5 277 30 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5529.08 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.07 % Est. max temperature: 7.09 C = 44.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.22 mb = 3509.44 m = 11513.77 ft T: -3.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 712.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 549.71 mb = 4969.28 m = 16303.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.81 C = 46.06 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10675.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 600.55 mb = 4287.73 m = 14067.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.8 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 343.8 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 348.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 293.81 m/s