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: 39.33,-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 180 1 950 615 2 900 1073 3 850 1556 4 800 2068 5 750 2611 SFC 727 2869 12.6 6.0 64 6.6 8.6 245 3 313.0 314.6 293.9 338.2 8.10 7 700 3186 9.1 4.8 75 4.3 6.5 229 6 312.5 314.0 293.4 336.5 7.72 8 650 3795 4.4 2.2 86 2.2 3.2 234 13 313.9 315.2 293.2 335.6 6.92 9 600 4442 -0.6 -1.0 97 0.5 -0.8 246 18 315.4 316.6 292.9 334.2 5.92 10 550 5133 -4.0 -6.8 81 2.8 -5.3 261 22 319.4 320.2 292.5 333.0 4.18 11 500 5882 -7.1 -13.3 61 6.2 -9.5 257 23 324.4 325.0 292.7 333.7 2.74 12 450 6696 -11.9 -18.9 56 6.9 -14.2 245 26 328.2 328.6 293.0 334.9 1.92 13 400 7587 -18.2 -26.1 50 7.9 -20.2 236 25 331.4 331.6 293.2 335.5 1.14 14 350 8570 -24.9 -43.3 16 18.4 -27.3 246 24 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.24 15 300 9673 -32.5 -44.6 29 12.1 -33.8 239 29 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.24 16 250 10935 -40.6 -56.9 16 16.3 -41.5 259 44 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 17 200 12422 -50.6 -70.0 8 19.4 -51.0 255 48 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.02 18 150 14243 -62.3 -78.3 10 16.0 -62.4 260 39 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16694 -68.6 -82.0 13 13.5 -68.7 263 9 395.2 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.26 m Freezing level: 605.88 mb = 4365.92 m = 14323.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4307.81 m = 14133.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.03 % Est. max temperature: 16.42 C = 61.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 658.30 mb = 3690.81 m = 12108.81 ft T: 5.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 5.22 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.25 mb = 4031.76 m = 13227.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.95 C = 57.11 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.97 mb = 3908.25 m = 12822.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.97 mb = 4229.68 m = 13876.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 545.97 mb = 5191.13 m = 17031.04 ft B at Equ Level: 17.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 495.97 mb = 5944.32 m = 19502.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: -2.6 tot: 56.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 31.66 m/s