MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 38.79,-103.94 Latitude: 38.79 Longitude: -103.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 487 2 900 955 3 850 1458 SFC 828 1694 30.8 7.7 24 23.2 15.9 89 8 320.9 322.4 295.8 346.4 7.97 5 800 1995 26.7 6.0 27 20.6 13.7 90 9 319.6 321.0 295.1 343.1 7.36 6 750 2559 21.1 4.9 35 16.2 11.2 94 8 319.5 320.9 295.0 342.7 7.25 7 700 3150 15.5 3.6 45 11.9 8.4 99 6 319.6 321.0 294.8 342.3 7.09 8 650 3772 9.7 1.6 57 8.1 5.1 109 4 319.9 321.2 294.6 341.2 6.63 9 600 4430 3.9 -1.6 67 5.5 1.0 183 4 320.6 321.7 294.0 338.9 5.68 10 550 5130 -2.1 -6.2 73 4.1 -4.1 225 10 321.6 322.4 293.3 335.9 4.36 11 500 5880 -7.4 -17.1 46 9.7 -10.9 234 16 324.0 324.4 291.9 330.8 2.00 12 450 6692 -12.6 -36.0 12 23.4 -17.3 239 17 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.39 13 400 7579 -19.1 -42.0 11 22.9 -22.5 244 20 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.24 14 350 8558 -26.2 -45.2 15 19.1 -28.4 236 24 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.19 15 300 9652 -35.5 -44.8 38 9.3 -36.3 238 26 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.3 0.23 16 250 10891 -46.2 -51.4 56 5.2 -46.4 251 30 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 17 200 12339 -56.5 -61.4 54 4.9 -56.6 258 35 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14125 -64.8 -71.7 38 6.9 -64.8 262 34 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16591 -66.5 -82.5 9 16.0 -66.6 248 33 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.50 m Freezing level: 567.66 mb = 4882.87 m = 16019.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.50 mb = 4558.42 m = 14955.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 589.96 mb = 4565.85 m = 14979.63 ft T: 2.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 579.44 mb = 4710.51 m = 15454.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 707.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 589.34 mb = 4574.27 m = 15007.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.34 mb = 4922.99 m = 16151.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.34 mb = 12516.98 m = 41065.71 ft B at Equ Level: 690.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.34 mb = 14795.58 m = 48541.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 17.90 Bulk Shear: 39.52 m/s