MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 143 1 950 578 2 900 1033 3 850 1511 4 800 2015 5 750 2548 SFC 704 3061 6.3 -9.7 31 16.0 -0.5 287 9 308.9 309.4 287.8 317.1 2.59 7 700 3111 4.2 -10.1 34 14.3 -1.7 285 9 307.1 307.6 287.1 315.1 2.53 8 650 3707 -1.4 -12.2 44 10.8 -5.5 294 14 307.3 307.8 287.0 314.7 2.31 9 600 4338 -7.0 -14.7 54 7.7 -9.6 308 21 308.0 308.4 286.9 314.5 2.03 10 550 5012 -9.3 -25.9 25 16.6 -13.5 321 47 313.0 313.2 287.4 315.9 0.84 11 500 5747 -11.2 -32.1 16 20.9 -15.7 319 65 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.2 0.52 12 450 6545 -17.8 -35.5 20 17.7 -20.9 323 64 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.4 0.41 13 400 7414 -24.0 -37.4 28 13.4 -25.9 318 70 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.38 14 350 8373 -31.8 -49.8 15 17.9 -33.3 317 74 325.8 325.9 290.6 326.3 0.12 15 300 9440 -41.4 -54.8 22 13.5 -42.0 319 73 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.07 16 250 10652 -50.8 -58.7 38 8.0 -51.0 309 67 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 17 200 12090 -52.7 -67.2 16 14.6 -53.0 301 86 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13933 -59.9 -78.1 8 18.2 -60.1 281 39 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16410 -67.6 -84.0 8 16.4 -67.7 290 43 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.71 m Freezing level: 662.69 mb = 3556.14 m = 11666.97 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.07 % Est. max temperature: 9.59 C = 49.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 549.74 mb = 5015.57 m = 16455.08 ft T: -9.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 2.58 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 459.96 mb = 6379.17 m = 20928.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.87 C = 62.36 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 8.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8587.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 547.69 mb = 5044.39 m = 16549.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.8 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 347.8 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 335.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 254.74 m/s