MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 149 1 950 583 2 900 1038 3 850 1515 4 800 2017 5 750 2547 SFC 704 3061 4.7 -8.3 38 13.0 -0.9 288 10 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.3 2.89 7 700 3108 2.4 -8.5 44 10.9 -2.1 287 11 305.2 305.7 286.8 314.1 2.87 8 650 3700 -3.2 -10.6 57 7.4 -6.1 293 16 305.3 305.8 286.6 313.5 2.62 9 600 4327 -8.8 -13.0 72 4.1 -10.3 304 24 305.9 306.3 286.5 313.3 2.35 10 550 4995 -13.0 -21.1 51 8.1 -15.2 316 42 308.7 308.9 286.4 312.9 1.29 11 500 5719 -14.4 -37.0 13 22.6 -18.3 322 68 315.5 315.6 287.6 316.7 0.32 12 450 6512 -18.1 -38.7 15 20.5 -21.4 319 78 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.30 13 400 7380 -24.5 -39.9 23 15.3 -26.6 333 88 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.30 14 350 8337 -32.6 -37.9 59 5.3 -33.3 320 89 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.42 15 300 9400 -42.3 -48.3 52 6.0 -42.6 331 90 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.3 0.16 16 250 10611 -48.5 -58.9 29 10.4 -48.8 306 78 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 17 200 12079 -48.8 -73.0 4 24.2 -49.3 312 77 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 13926 -59.8 -79.1 6 19.3 -60.0 283 53 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16401 -67.8 -83.8 8 16.0 -67.9 288 43 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.34 m Freezing level: 678.65 mb = 3360.82 m = 11026.17 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.07 % Est. max temperature: 5.85 C = 42.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 575.23 mb = 4650.29 m = 15256.67 ft T: -10.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 3.36 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 554.88 mb = 4926.67 m = 16163.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.81 C = 42.46 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 5.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9032.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 577.82 mb = 4615.71 m = 15143.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.8 at 61.4 knts Storm direction: 351.8 at 46.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 497.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 497.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 344.65 m/s