MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 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 178 1 950 614 2 900 1072 3 850 1556 4 800 2068 5 750 2612 SFC 711 3063 9.8 -4.6 36 14.4 2.8 287 1 312.0 312.7 290.0 324.1 3.83 7 700 3193 13.6 -5.8 26 19.4 4.0 284 6 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.1 3.55 8 650 3813 10.3 -8.2 26 18.5 1.5 279 23 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.0 3.16 9 600 4471 4.2 -10.1 35 14.3 -2.1 269 27 321.0 321.6 291.9 330.8 2.96 10 550 5170 -2.3 -11.9 48 9.5 -6.2 262 29 321.3 321.8 291.9 330.6 2.80 11 500 5917 -9.1 -14.7 64 5.6 -11.1 264 28 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.2 2.45 12 450 6722 -15.8 -20.3 68 4.5 -17.1 277 28 323.3 323.6 291.5 329.1 1.69 13 400 7598 -22.6 -28.1 61 5.5 -23.8 284 35 325.6 325.8 291.4 329.0 0.94 14 350 8564 -29.6 -42.6 27 13.1 -31.0 281 42 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.8 0.25 15 300 9644 -37.8 -48.8 31 10.9 -38.6 278 55 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.15 16 250 10879 -44.6 -61.0 14 16.4 -45.2 279 69 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 17 200 12359 -48.1 -71.7 5 23.6 -48.7 278 61 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 14224 -56.2 -79.8 4 23.6 -56.6 276 40 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16726 -65.5 -83.1 7 17.6 -65.6 236 5 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.07 m Freezing level: 567.88 mb = 4920.32 m = 16142.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.57 mb = 4075.59 m = 13371.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.06 % Est. max temperature: 18.22 C = 64.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 570.19 mb = 4880.57 m = 16012.16 ft T: 0.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 480.57 mb = 6220.15 m = 20407.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.37 C = 66.86 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 2.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6546.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 500.97 mb = 5902.24 m = 19364.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.4 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 305.4 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 58.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 59.71 m/s