MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 27 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 185 1 950 621 2 900 1078 3 850 1560 4 800 2069 5 750 2610 SFC 719 2965 8.8 6.1 83 2.6 7.2 153 3 309.8 311.4 293.1 335.1 8.25 7 700 3187 10.5 5.2 70 5.3 7.3 188 2 314.1 315.7 294.1 339.0 7.96 8 650 3801 6.5 1.8 72 4.7 3.9 216 5 316.4 317.7 293.7 337.6 6.72 9 600 4453 1.7 -2.0 76 3.7 -0.2 229 12 318.1 319.2 293.3 335.7 5.51 10 550 5149 -2.7 -6.8 73 4.1 -4.7 226 18 320.8 321.6 292.9 334.5 4.16 11 500 5899 -7.1 -11.2 72 4.1 -8.8 231 21 324.4 325.0 293.1 335.2 3.24 12 450 6713 -11.8 -14.2 82 2.5 -12.7 230 22 328.5 329.0 293.9 338.1 2.83 13 400 7607 -17.0 -18.4 89 1.4 -17.5 233 22 332.9 333.3 294.5 340.7 2.24 14 350 8596 -23.5 -24.0 96 0.5 -23.7 237 22 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.7 1.57 15 300 9704 -31.8 -32.1 97 0.3 -31.9 241 24 340.5 340.7 295.2 343.8 0.86 16 250 10965 -42.4 -42.5 99 0.1 -42.4 235 36 343.0 343.1 295.4 344.5 0.36 17 200 12440 -51.6 -67.4 14 15.7 -52.0 259 44 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 14255 -62.6 -78.3 10 15.6 -62.7 279 28 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16714 -68.0 -82.8 10 14.8 -68.1 308 10 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.27 m Freezing level: 580.75 mb = 4720.60 m = 15487.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.62 mb = 4417.08 m = 14491.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.37 % Est. max temperature: 17.82 C = 64.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 690.40 mb = 3301.21 m = 10830.62 ft T: 9.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 596.78 mb = 4495.61 m = 14749.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.44 C = 61.59 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4423.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.77 mb = 4162.33 m = 13655.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 39.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 30.94 m/s