MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 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 106 1 950 542 2 900 1000 3 850 1483 SFC 814 1843 12.6 0.6 44 12.0 6.3 321 1 303.0 303.9 288.1 317.9 4.91 5 800 1993 12.1 -1.4 39 13.5 5.4 327 2 304.1 304.9 287.9 317.3 4.33 6 750 2529 7.6 -3.4 46 10.9 2.3 343 7 304.8 305.5 287.8 317.0 3.97 7 700 3092 2.5 -5.5 55 8.0 -1.1 346 13 305.3 305.9 287.6 316.5 3.62 8 650 3685 -2.9 -7.9 69 5.0 -5.0 340 18 305.6 306.2 287.3 315.7 3.24 9 600 4312 -8.4 -11.2 80 2.8 -9.5 337 22 306.3 306.9 287.1 314.9 2.70 10 550 4981 -12.9 -15.1 83 2.3 -13.6 340 21 308.8 309.2 287.3 315.7 2.14 11 500 5703 -16.6 -18.8 83 2.2 -17.2 339 15 312.8 313.1 288.3 318.5 1.74 12 450 6487 -22.0 -25.3 75 3.3 -22.8 330 13 315.5 315.7 288.5 319.2 1.08 13 400 7341 -28.9 -33.8 63 4.9 -29.6 319 15 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.3 0.55 14 350 8280 -37.1 -41.9 61 4.8 -37.5 330 15 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.8 0.27 15 300 9324 -45.9 -50.6 59 4.7 -46.2 330 20 320.6 320.6 289.0 321.1 0.12 16 250 10523 -50.0 -62.5 22 12.5 -50.3 334 28 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.03 17 200 11972 -52.9 -70.7 10 17.7 -53.2 310 25 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13810 -57.6 -79.8 4 22.2 -57.8 284 28 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16337 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.1 -61.5 272 25 409.3 409.3 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.10 m Freezing level: 676.98 mb = 3364.65 m = 11038.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.09 mb = 2906.12 m = 9534.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.69 % Est. max temperature: 14.96 C = 58.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.90 mb = 3336.61 m = 10946.75 ft T: 0.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.73 mb = 3957.99 m = 12985.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.36 C = 59.65 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.33 mb = 3802.28 m = 12474.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.33 mb = 4372.29 m = 14344.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 545.33 mb = 5045.86 m = 16554.46 ft B at Equ Level: 6.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 515.33 mb = 5474.36 m = 17960.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 18.09 m/s