MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 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 143 1 950 577 2 900 1032 3 850 1509 4 800 2011 5 750 2542 SFC 714 2938 4.3 0.2 74 4.2 2.2 300 3 305.5 306.5 289.4 322.1 5.43 7 700 3102 1.7 -1.0 82 2.7 0.3 306 3 304.3 305.3 288.6 319.7 5.07 8 650 3694 -3.0 -4.3 91 1.2 -3.6 320 8 305.5 306.3 288.3 318.7 4.29 9 600 4323 -7.6 -8.8 91 1.2 -8.1 333 16 307.3 307.9 287.9 317.5 3.27 10 550 4995 -11.1 -17.2 61 6.1 -13.0 348 26 310.9 311.3 287.7 316.8 1.81 11 500 5722 -15.2 -21.5 59 6.3 -16.9 347 30 314.5 314.8 288.5 319.2 1.38 12 450 6510 -20.3 -27.2 54 6.9 -21.8 344 30 317.7 317.9 289.0 320.9 0.92 13 400 7371 -26.8 -36.6 39 9.8 -28.1 337 25 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.7 0.42 14 350 8318 -35.1 -44.6 37 9.5 -35.9 343 21 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.1 0.21 15 300 9370 -44.4 -49.1 59 4.7 -44.7 347 25 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.3 0.15 16 250 10569 -51.9 -57.7 50 5.8 -52.0 339 38 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.06 17 200 11998 -54.9 -69.1 16 14.2 -55.1 297 27 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13828 -57.9 -79.8 4 21.9 -58.1 276 28 370.3 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16347 -62.6 -84.1 4 21.5 -62.9 261 29 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.79 m Freezing level: 682.38 mb = 3310.60 m = 10861.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.02 mb = 3147.40 m = 10325.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.36 % Est. max temperature: 8.29 C = 46.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.88 mb = 3453.37 m = 11329.80 ft T: -1.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.84 mb = 3817.94 m = 12525.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.67 C = 40.41 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 644.21 mb = 3764.50 m = 12350.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.21 mb = 4075.47 m = 13370.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 579.21 mb = 4595.56 m = 15077.12 ft B at Equ Level: 13.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 529.21 mb = 5289.07 m = 17352.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.6 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 11.6 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: -1.6 tot: 78.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 44.92 m/s