MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 1 950 605 2 900 1059 3 850 1537 SFC 819 1842 7.5 -7.6 33 15.1 1.2 158 3 297.1 297.6 283.4 305.1 2.63 5 800 2040 9.7 -8.8 26 18.5 1.9 148 7 301.5 301.9 284.9 309.1 2.46 6 750 2573 7.9 -9.6 28 17.5 0.5 175 8 305.2 305.6 286.4 312.9 2.46 7 700 3139 5.3 -11.2 29 16.4 -1.4 233 10 308.3 308.7 287.3 315.7 2.32 8 650 3741 2.3 -14.3 28 16.5 -4.0 259 16 311.5 311.9 288.1 317.9 1.95 9 600 4382 -1.7 -20.4 22 18.7 -7.7 269 20 314.1 314.4 288.2 318.4 1.26 10 550 5067 -6.6 -26.5 19 19.9 -11.8 269 23 316.3 316.4 288.4 319.0 0.80 11 500 5804 -11.7 -32.6 16 20.9 -16.1 265 24 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.5 0.49 12 450 6602 -16.8 -37.3 15 20.5 -20.3 259 26 322.1 322.1 289.8 323.3 0.34 13 400 7476 -22.8 -42.5 15 19.7 -25.4 257 31 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.23 14 350 8441 -29.8 -46.9 17 17.1 -31.4 253 40 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.16 15 300 9518 -38.9 -43.4 62 4.5 -39.3 248 54 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.27 16 250 10742 -48.8 -54.7 50 6.0 -49.0 247 69 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.09 17 200 12172 -59.6 -61.5 78 2.0 -59.6 249 74 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 18 150 13942 -65.0 -76.6 19 11.6 -65.0 250 65 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16394 -66.8 -83.4 8 16.6 -66.9 269 34 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.56 m Freezing level: 621.42 mb = 4107.21 m = 13474.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.27 mb = 2724.91 m = 8939.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.37 % Est. max temperature: 19.92 C = 67.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 649.13 mb = 3751.42 m = 12307.66 ft T: 2.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 819.3- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 461.72 mb = 6407.51 m = 21021.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Cap Strength: 9.65 C Lifted Index: 9.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9839.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 585.85 mb = 4569.99 m = 14993.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 66.70 m/s