MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z WED 22 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 163 1 950 598 2 900 1054 3 850 1533 4 800 2039 5 750 2574 SFC 718 2937 5.5 -10.0 32 15.5 -0.9 245 3 306.3 306.8 286.8 314.2 2.49 7 700 3143 7.5 -12.6 22 20.1 -0.6 252 4 310.8 311.2 287.9 317.6 2.08 8 650 3749 3.6 -16.8 21 20.4 -3.8 237 8 313.1 313.4 288.2 318.3 1.58 9 600 4392 -1.0 -24.6 15 23.6 -7.9 260 14 315.0 315.1 288.1 318.0 0.87 10 550 5080 -5.5 -27.5 16 22.0 -11.3 274 21 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.1 0.73 11 500 5820 -10.2 -30.5 17 20.2 -14.9 276 24 320.5 320.7 289.6 322.7 0.60 12 450 6623 -15.7 -34.6 18 18.9 -19.3 272 31 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.45 13 400 7499 -22.5 -38.4 22 15.9 -24.9 269 38 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.35 14 350 8464 -30.4 -39.4 41 9.0 -31.5 269 44 327.8 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.36 15 300 9539 -39.1 -48.5 36 9.4 -39.7 271 48 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.16 16 250 10761 -49.1 -53.7 59 4.6 -49.3 266 58 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.10 17 200 12190 -59.4 -62.0 72 2.5 -59.5 267 69 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 18 150 13957 -65.7 -75.9 23 10.2 -65.8 269 71 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16398 -67.9 -83.2 9 15.3 -68.0 278 48 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.95 m Freezing level: 610.72 mb = 4254.50 m = 13958.16 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.28 % Est. max temperature: 14.82 C = 58.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 564.68 mb = 4871.90 m = 15983.72 ft T: -4.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 409.77 mb = 7319.75 m = 24014.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.71 C = 72.89 F Cap Strength: 7.56 C Lifted Index: 7.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7166.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 487.68 mb = 6010.44 m = 19719.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 64.27 m/s