MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.30,-106.89 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 545 2 900 1001 3 850 1481 4 800 1988 5 750 2524 SFC 713 2939 6.9 -5.6 41 12.5 1.1 216 6 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.53 7 700 3094 7.2 -6.9 36 14.2 0.8 223 13 310.5 311.1 289.0 320.8 3.24 8 650 3699 3.6 -10.9 34 14.5 -2.4 238 24 313.0 313.5 289.1 321.3 2.56 9 600 4343 -0.6 -16.3 29 15.7 -6.2 253 42 315.4 315.8 289.2 321.4 1.78 10 550 5033 -4.7 -23.7 21 18.9 -10.3 260 46 318.5 318.7 289.3 322.0 1.03 11 500 5775 -9.7 -33.4 12 23.7 -14.8 262 49 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.46 12 450 6579 -15.4 -42.4 8 27.0 -19.6 264 51 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.20 13 400 7456 -21.9 -49.8 6 28.0 -24.9 270 50 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.10 14 350 8424 -29.4 -51.1 10 21.8 -31.2 274 52 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10 15 300 9505 -37.6 -53.2 18 15.5 -38.6 275 62 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 16 250 10737 -46.7 -58.8 24 12.1 -47.1 275 79 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12186 -55.3 -66.1 25 10.7 -55.5 274 78 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13984 -62.5 -76.8 13 14.3 -62.6 268 62 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16442 -69.3 -83.4 11 14.1 -69.4 266 43 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.72 m Freezing level: 607.17 mb = 4251.00 m = 13946.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.88 mb = 3236.94 m = 10619.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.07 % Est. max temperature: 15.22 C = 59.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 588.42 mb = 4497.78 m = 14756.30 ft T: -1.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 713.3--1821066112.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 457.62 mb = 6450.99 m = 21164.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.49 C = 68.88 F Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lifted Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6910.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 529.86 mb = 5323.44 m = 17465.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 361.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 152.51 m/s