MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 1 950 598 2 900 1052 3 850 1528 4 800 2029 5 750 2557 SFC 705 3060 3.8 -12.0 30 15.8 -2.4 281 11 306.0 306.4 286.4 312.9 2.15 7 700 3115 1.3 -12.3 36 13.6 -3.8 274 11 303.9 304.3 285.5 310.6 2.12 8 650 3705 -4.4 -14.4 46 10.0 -7.8 273 17 304.0 304.3 285.4 310.1 1.93 9 600 4328 -9.5 -18.9 46 9.4 -12.2 276 27 305.1 305.4 285.2 309.8 1.43 10 550 4998 -10.0 -31.5 15 21.5 -14.6 298 56 312.2 312.3 286.7 313.9 0.50 11 500 5732 -11.1 -36.9 10 25.8 -16.0 304 82 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.7 0.32 12 450 6532 -16.6 -35.3 18 18.7 -20.0 301 87 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.42 13 400 7406 -22.8 -44.1 12 21.3 -25.5 296 87 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 14 350 8369 -30.7 -52.1 10 21.4 -32.4 297 87 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.09 15 300 9443 -39.4 -55.0 18 15.6 -40.2 290 92 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 16 250 10664 -49.0 -57.1 38 8.1 -49.3 284 99 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12099 -56.7 -64.4 37 7.7 -56.9 279 102 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 13905 -60.2 -78.4 8 18.1 -60.4 280 78 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16412 -66.1 -83.5 7 17.4 -66.2 265 42 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.03 m Freezing level: 688.78 mb = 3247.46 m = 10654.25 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.52 % Est. max temperature: 8.65 C = 47.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 550.94 mb = 4985.25 m = 16355.62 ft T: -10.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 3.14 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 423.93 mb = 6975.07 m = 22883.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.86 C = 67.75 F Cap Strength: 6.69 C Lifted Index: 11.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9764.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 549.94 mb = 4999.28 m = 16401.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.6 at 65.8 knts Storm direction: 326.6 at 49.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 13.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 637.9 neg: -9.6 tot: 628.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 384.30 m/s