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: 39.28,-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 143 1 950 578 2 900 1033 3 850 1512 4 800 2016 5 750 2549 SFC 715 2938 7.0 -8.9 31 15.9 0.1 280 8 308.3 308.8 287.8 316.9 2.72 7 700 3112 3.8 -9.7 37 13.5 -1.8 277 9 306.6 307.1 287.1 314.9 2.61 8 650 3708 -1.9 -11.6 47 9.7 -5.6 288 13 306.8 307.3 286.9 314.5 2.43 9 600 4337 -7.2 -14.4 57 7.2 -9.7 307 21 307.7 308.1 286.9 314.4 2.09 10 550 5011 -9.2 -26.5 23 17.3 -13.5 322 49 313.2 313.3 287.4 315.9 0.79 11 500 5746 -11.2 -32.2 16 21.0 -15.7 320 65 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.3 0.51 12 450 6545 -17.8 -35.5 20 17.7 -20.9 324 63 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.4 0.41 13 400 7414 -24.0 -37.6 27 13.6 -25.9 318 70 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.38 14 350 8373 -31.8 -49.9 15 18.0 -33.3 317 74 325.8 325.9 290.6 326.3 0.11 15 300 9440 -41.4 -54.9 22 13.5 -42.0 319 73 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.07 16 250 10652 -50.8 -58.8 38 8.0 -51.0 309 67 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 17 200 12089 -52.9 -67.2 16 14.4 -53.2 301 86 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13932 -59.7 -78.1 7 18.4 -59.9 283 40 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16410 -67.8 -84.0 8 16.2 -67.9 289 43 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5602.84 m Freezing level: 666.68 mb = 3508.95 m = 11512.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.10 mb = 2950.05 m = 9678.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.22 % Est. max temperature: 9.83 C = 49.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 559.20 mb = 4882.83 m = 16019.57 ft T: -8.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 2.53 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 466.89 mb = 6265.34 m = 20555.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.96 C = 64.33 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8548.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 558.23 mb = 4896.25 m = 16063.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.7 at 51.7 knts Storm direction: 347.7 at 38.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 334.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 261.32 m/s