MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 23 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 98 1 950 533 2 900 988 3 850 1465 SFC 812 1842 7.9 5.4 84 2.5 6.5 143 1 298.3 299.6 288.3 318.7 6.93 5 800 1968 8.0 4.9 81 3.1 6.3 115 2 299.6 300.9 288.6 319.7 6.80 6 750 2498 5.4 1.3 75 4.0 3.2 175 2 302.4 303.4 288.5 319.3 5.62 7 700 3060 2.9 -3.5 63 6.4 -0.2 246 7 305.7 306.5 288.3 318.7 4.21 8 650 3656 -1.6 -7.3 65 5.7 -4.0 250 10 307.2 307.8 288.1 317.8 3.41 9 600 4287 -6.8 -10.9 73 4.1 -8.3 245 12 308.3 308.8 287.8 317.1 2.78 10 550 4959 -12.1 -14.8 80 2.7 -13.0 234 14 309.7 310.1 287.7 316.8 2.20 11 500 5681 -17.2 -19.4 83 2.2 -17.8 218 15 312.1 312.4 287.9 317.5 1.65 12 450 6462 -22.9 -24.3 88 1.5 -23.2 207 13 314.5 314.7 288.2 318.5 1.18 13 400 7314 -29.5 -29.6 99 0.1 -29.5 198 9 316.7 316.8 288.6 319.5 0.82 14 350 8251 -37.5 -37.5 100 0.0 -37.5 179 7 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.8 0.43 15 300 9294 -45.6 -46.1 94 0.5 -45.6 194 12 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.20 16 250 10502 -48.5 -64.3 14 15.8 -48.9 228 29 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 17 200 11959 -51.3 -72.5 6 21.2 -51.7 243 33 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13806 -56.7 -79.2 4 22.5 -57.0 256 30 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16342 -61.7 -84.1 4 22.4 -62.0 272 27 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.95 m Freezing level: 667.85 mb = 3443.13 m = 11296.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.30 mb = 3033.69 m = 9952.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.61 % Est. max temperature: 15.93 C = 60.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.24 mb = 2163.14 m = 7096.83 ft T: 7.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 2.94 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.61 mb = 3404.99 m = 11171.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.69 C = 60.25 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.53 mb = 2870.31 m = 9416.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.53 mb = 4662.70 m = 15297.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.53 mb = 7108.37 m = 23321.15 ft B at Equ Level: 50.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.53 mb = 9260.00 m = 30380.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 14.06 m/s