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: 39.30,-106.92 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 1 950 601 2 900 1055 3 850 1531 4 800 2032 5 750 2561 SFC 718 2909 4.5 -10.9 32 15.4 -1.6 282 10 305.2 305.6 286.2 312.5 2.32 7 700 3118 0.5 -11.6 40 12.2 -4.1 272 12 303.1 303.5 285.4 310.1 2.24 8 650 3706 -5.1 -13.5 52 8.4 -8.0 268 17 303.2 303.5 285.2 309.7 2.07 9 600 4328 -9.9 -19.1 47 9.2 -12.5 272 27 304.7 304.9 285.0 309.2 1.41 10 550 4997 -10.5 -31.9 15 21.4 -14.9 298 55 311.7 311.8 286.5 313.4 0.48 11 500 5730 -11.2 -36.9 10 25.8 -16.0 304 82 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.32 12 450 6530 -16.7 -35.1 19 18.4 -20.1 301 87 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.8 0.43 13 400 7404 -23.0 -43.4 14 20.5 -25.5 296 87 325.2 325.2 290.6 325.9 0.20 14 350 8366 -30.8 -51.9 11 21.0 -32.5 298 88 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.09 15 300 9439 -39.7 -55.0 18 15.3 -40.4 291 92 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.07 16 250 10660 -49.1 -57.2 38 8.1 -49.4 285 101 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 12093 -57.2 -64.0 42 6.8 -57.3 279 104 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 13898 -60.0 -78.5 7 18.5 -60.2 280 79 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16411 -65.6 -83.6 6 18.0 -65.7 267 40 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5562.68 m Freezing level: 695.30 mb = 3173.05 m = 10410.13 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.64 % Est. max temperature: 7.96 C = 46.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 565.44 mb = 4784.14 m = 15695.79 ft T: -10.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.47 C/km ThetaE index: 3.33 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 436.91 mb = 6748.89 m = 22141.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.68 C = 69.22 F Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lifted Index: 11.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10205.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 566.66 mb = 4767.61 m = 15641.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.6 at 64.1 knts Storm direction: 326.6 at 48.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 13.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 648.3 neg: -3.5 tot: 644.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 12.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 370.48 m/s