MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 39.50,-104.09 Latitude: 39.50 Longitude: -104.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 489 2 900 954 3 850 1451 SFC 825 1708 25.4 12.7 45 12.8 16.8 153 18 315.4 317.6 296.7 350.4 11.23 5 800 1980 21.3 11.2 53 10.1 14.6 159 24 313.8 315.8 295.8 346.4 10.51 6 750 2534 16.0 9.9 67 6.1 12.1 166 24 313.9 315.9 295.7 345.9 10.29 7 700 3117 12.7 4.7 58 8.0 7.9 181 21 316.5 318.0 294.5 340.7 7.67 8 650 3737 9.4 -1.1 48 10.5 3.7 209 18 319.6 320.7 293.6 337.1 5.44 9 600 4394 3.7 -2.8 62 6.5 0.3 223 20 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.1 5.18 10 550 5093 -2.3 -6.7 72 4.4 -4.4 231 24 321.3 322.1 293.1 335.1 4.21 11 500 5844 -6.0 -19.8 32 13.9 -10.6 233 29 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.3 1.58 12 450 6661 -11.2 -31.9 16 20.6 -16.0 242 29 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.3 0.59 13 400 7552 -18.5 -34.2 24 15.6 -21.5 238 31 330.9 331.0 292.5 332.9 0.53 14 350 8532 -26.3 -39.0 29 12.7 -28.2 235 35 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.37 15 300 9627 -34.8 -44.6 36 9.9 -35.7 234 41 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.24 16 250 10873 -44.8 -52.0 44 7.2 -45.2 234 48 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.13 17 200 12330 -55.0 -64.6 30 9.6 -55.2 247 48 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14122 -64.7 -73.8 27 9.2 -64.7 255 58 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16578 -66.2 -82.8 8 16.7 -66.3 245 30 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.93 m Freezing level: 569.53 mb = 4820.29 m = 15814.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.66 mb = 4438.96 m = 14563.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.27 mb = 3306.74 m = 10848.74 ft T: 11.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 19.15 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.23 mb = 3964.47 m = 13006.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 915.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.57 mb = 3327.54 m = 10917.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.57 mb = 4562.35 m = 14968.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.57 mb = 12405.83 m = 40701.05 ft B at Equ Level: 911.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.57 mb = 15102.78 m = 49549.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 12.60 Bulk Shear: 72.67 m/s