MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 160 1 950 593 2 900 1046 3 850 1520 4 800 2018 5 750 2542 SFC 714 2938 0.6 -7.6 54 8.2 -2.8 247 4 301.5 302.0 285.6 310.8 3.02 7 700 3096 -0.4 -8.4 55 8.0 -3.6 255 6 302.1 302.6 285.7 311.0 2.90 8 650 3684 -4.8 -10.3 65 5.6 -6.9 274 11 303.5 304.0 286.0 311.9 2.67 9 600 4309 -8.9 -12.8 73 3.9 -10.3 297 24 305.8 306.2 286.5 313.3 2.37 10 550 4977 -13.2 -15.6 82 2.4 -13.9 309 44 308.5 308.8 287.1 315.1 2.06 11 500 5698 -17.1 -24.7 51 7.6 -18.8 316 59 312.2 312.4 287.3 315.7 1.03 12 450 6481 -21.2 -40.9 15 19.7 -23.8 322 77 316.6 316.7 287.9 317.5 0.24 13 400 7343 -25.6 -44.7 15 19.1 -27.7 322 92 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.4 0.18 14 350 8298 -31.9 -45.7 24 13.8 -33.2 338 112 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.18 15 300 9365 -41.5 -48.2 48 6.7 -41.9 333 111 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.16 16 250 10576 -48.4 -57.5 34 9.1 -48.7 320 88 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.06 17 200 12059 -47.6 -73.6 3 26.1 -48.2 309 57 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 18 150 13909 -57.8 -79.5 5 21.8 -58.0 293 56 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16394 -66.5 -83.9 7 17.5 -66.6 279 41 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5538.03 m Freezing level: 705.16 mb = 3037.70 m = 9966.09 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.78 % Est. max temperature: 6.27 C = 43.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 627.85 mb = 3954.81 m = 12974.95 ft T: -6.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 714.0-1346878835939174223569747968.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.75 mb = 4774.01 m = 15662.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.23 C = 43.22 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9609.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 599.69 mb = 4312.88 m = 14149.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.5 at 63.2 knts Storm direction: 353.5 at 47.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 646.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 646.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 487.83 m/s