MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1078 3 850 1560 4 800 2071 5 750 2612 SFC 711 3062 11.1 5.5 69 5.6 7.8 244 4 313.4 315.0 293.9 338.4 8.02 7 700 3186 9.3 5.0 75 4.3 6.7 233 5 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.0 7.82 8 650 3796 4.4 2.2 85 2.2 3.2 239 10 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.6 6.92 9 600 4443 -0.5 -1.2 96 0.6 -0.9 251 17 315.5 316.6 292.8 334.1 5.87 10 550 5134 -3.9 -6.4 83 2.4 -5.1 263 21 319.4 320.3 292.6 333.5 4.33 11 500 5883 -7.0 -12.8 63 5.8 -9.4 257 23 324.5 325.0 292.8 334.1 2.85 12 450 6697 -11.9 -18.5 58 6.6 -14.2 244 26 328.2 328.6 293.1 335.1 1.97 13 400 7588 -18.2 -25.4 53 7.2 -20.0 236 25 331.4 331.6 293.3 335.7 1.21 14 350 8572 -24.9 -43.6 16 18.7 -27.3 245 24 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.23 15 300 9674 -32.5 -43.1 34 10.6 -33.7 239 29 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.28 16 250 10938 -40.5 -58.2 13 17.7 -41.4 261 44 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 17 200 12424 -50.7 -69.8 9 19.1 -51.1 255 47 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14245 -62.4 -78.3 10 15.9 -62.5 261 39 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16694 -68.8 -82.0 13 13.3 -68.8 263 9 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.87 m Freezing level: 605.45 mb = 4372.23 m = 14344.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.63 mb = 4300.89 m = 14110.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.49 % Est. max temperature: 15.76 C = 60.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 653.15 mb = 3756.14 m = 12323.13 ft T: 4.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 4.90 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.22 mb = 4122.96 m = 13526.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.29 C = 54.12 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.05 mb = 4022.21 m = 13196.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.05 mb = 4348.35 m = 14266.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 557.05 mb = 5033.04 m = 16512.39 ft B at Equ Level: 16.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 507.05 mb = 5772.98 m = 18940.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -4.3 tot: 39.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 29.60 m/s