MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 39.33,-106.89 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 1 950 607 2 900 1063 3 850 1542 4 800 2049 5 750 2585 SFC 722 2895 9.5 -13.1 19 22.6 0.4 272 5 310.2 310.6 287.6 316.5 1.92 7 700 3151 6.1 -16.3 18 22.4 -2.1 256 5 309.2 309.5 286.8 314.2 1.53 8 650 3753 1.8 -19.7 19 21.5 -5.3 266 9 311.0 311.2 287.1 315.0 1.23 9 600 4392 -2.6 -20.7 23 18.1 -8.2 291 18 313.1 313.4 287.8 317.2 1.23 10 550 5077 -6.1 -23.9 23 17.8 -11.2 298 31 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.3 1.01 11 500 5817 -10.2 -30.5 17 20.4 -14.9 294 37 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.8 0.60 12 450 6620 -15.7 -34.0 19 18.3 -19.3 287 42 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.3 0.48 13 400 7496 -22.7 -35.2 31 12.5 -24.8 280 46 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.48 14 350 8459 -30.5 -42.4 30 11.9 -31.8 276 49 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.26 15 300 9534 -39.2 -50.4 30 11.2 -39.9 270 52 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.13 16 250 10756 -49.1 -54.5 53 5.4 -49.3 270 52 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.09 17 200 12187 -58.8 -60.9 76 2.2 -58.8 265 54 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 18 150 13959 -65.6 -74.1 29 8.6 -65.6 273 54 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16402 -68.0 -84.8 7 16.8 -68.1 284 40 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.25 m Freezing level: 629.80 mb = 4011.36 m = 13160.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.93 mb = 2932.93 m = 9622.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.51 % Est. max temperature: 14.00 C = 57.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 509.60 mb = 5669.46 m = 18600.38 ft T: -9.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 2.21 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 391.65 mb = 7647.87 m = 25091.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.71 C = 74.68 F Cap Strength: 9.23 C Lifted Index: 8.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7856.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 478.53 mb = 6151.56 m = 20182.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.0 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 314.0 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 106.12 m/s