MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 620 2 900 1076 3 850 1557 4 800 2065 5 750 2603 SFC 726 2868 8.5 5.6 82 2.9 6.8 171 3 308.6 310.1 292.4 332.7 7.87 7 700 3176 8.4 4.8 78 3.6 6.3 228 5 311.8 313.3 293.3 335.7 7.73 8 650 3785 4.4 2.5 87 1.9 3.3 226 11 313.9 315.3 293.3 336.0 7.06 9 600 4432 -0.1 -0.3 99 0.2 -0.2 232 17 316.0 317.2 293.3 335.7 6.25 10 550 5124 -4.4 -4.5 99 0.1 -4.4 240 23 318.9 319.9 293.0 335.0 4.99 11 500 5872 -7.1 -11.1 73 4.0 -8.8 249 25 324.4 325.0 293.2 335.4 3.29 12 450 6687 -11.8 -15.2 76 3.4 -13.1 244 25 328.4 328.9 293.6 337.3 2.60 13 400 7579 -17.6 -18.9 90 1.3 -18.0 229 28 332.1 332.6 294.3 339.7 2.16 14 350 8565 -24.8 -29.2 66 4.5 -25.7 219 26 335.3 335.5 294.0 338.9 0.97 15 300 9667 -32.9 -46.1 25 13.2 -34.2 239 27 339.0 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.20 16 250 10929 -40.9 -47.7 48 6.9 -41.4 268 33 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.1 0.20 17 200 12413 -51.2 -66.8 14 15.6 -51.6 259 45 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14232 -62.6 -78.0 11 15.3 -62.8 260 39 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16686 -68.8 -82.2 13 13.4 -68.8 255 12 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.06 m Freezing level: 601.50 mb = 4412.73 m = 14477.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.05 mb = 4391.18 m = 14406.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.35 % Est. max temperature: 16.44 C = 61.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.61 mb = 3239.39 m = 10627.80 ft T: 7.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 630.08 mb = 4036.68 m = 13243.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.07 C = 57.33 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.61 mb = 3802.26 m = 12474.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.61 mb = 4929.92 m = 16174.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.61 mb = 5216.02 m = 17112.70 ft B at Equ Level: 23.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 493.61 mb = 5971.27 m = 19590.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 36.15 m/s