MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.30,-106.86 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 1 950 588 2 900 1047 3 850 1532 4 800 2045 5 750 2592 SFC 718 2966 11.3 -7.8 25 19.1 2.5 146 3 312.7 313.3 289.4 322.2 2.95 7 700 3177 16.0 -10.6 15 26.6 3.7 295 3 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.3 2.43 8 650 3801 12.0 -13.3 16 25.3 1.0 283 7 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.7 2.11 9 600 4463 5.7 -13.7 23 19.4 -2.4 284 8 322.8 323.2 291.8 330.3 2.22 10 550 5166 -1.0 -14.4 35 13.5 -6.2 273 8 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.6 2.27 11 500 5916 -8.1 -14.5 60 6.4 -10.5 244 8 323.1 323.6 292.1 331.5 2.48 12 450 6725 -13.4 -28.7 26 15.3 -17.1 297 25 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.2 0.79 13 400 7611 -19.0 -39.5 14 20.6 -22.3 297 35 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.31 14 350 8589 -26.9 -44.0 18 17.2 -28.9 297 45 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.22 15 300 9682 -35.2 -48.1 26 12.9 -36.2 294 60 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.16 16 250 10926 -44.2 -54.3 32 10.1 -44.7 290 66 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.7 0.10 17 200 12392 -53.0 -65.4 21 12.4 -53.2 283 56 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14220 -60.0 -77.1 9 17.2 -60.2 255 28 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16700 -67.3 -83.1 9 15.8 -67.4 222 8 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.21 m Freezing level: 557.13 mb = 5065.67 m = 16619.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.05 mb = 3993.78 m = 13102.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.41 % Est. max temperature: 20.51 C = 68.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 535.56 mb = 5375.29 m = 17635.25 ft T: -2.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 409.38 mb = 7436.99 m = 24399.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6007.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 456.86 mb = 6608.71 m = 21681.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.8 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 321.8 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.2 neg: -2.6 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 37.31 m/s