MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 155 1 950 591 2 900 1051 3 850 1537 4 800 2053 5 750 2601 SFC 727 2870 17.1 5.5 46 11.6 10.0 247 6 318.0 319.5 295.0 342.7 7.80 7 700 3182 11.8 4.2 60 7.6 7.3 239 8 315.6 317.0 294.1 339.0 7.43 8 650 3796 6.0 2.4 78 3.5 3.9 237 11 315.7 317.1 293.8 337.8 7.03 9 600 4446 0.4 -0.7 92 1.1 -0.2 242 13 316.6 317.8 293.3 335.8 6.07 10 550 5139 -3.5 -8.0 71 4.4 -5.5 252 19 319.9 320.6 292.3 332.4 3.82 11 500 5887 -7.8 -14.1 61 6.3 -10.2 248 22 323.5 324.0 292.3 332.2 2.57 12 450 6699 -12.5 -22.1 44 9.7 -15.3 243 24 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.6 1.44 13 400 7588 -18.1 -27.6 43 9.4 -20.4 245 24 331.4 331.6 293.0 335.0 0.99 14 350 8572 -25.2 -31.5 56 6.2 -26.4 248 28 334.7 334.9 293.7 337.7 0.79 15 300 9675 -32.3 -49.7 16 17.4 -33.8 245 30 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.14 16 250 10937 -40.6 -62.5 8 21.8 -41.6 259 54 345.6 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 17 200 12422 -50.9 -68.9 10 18.0 -51.3 250 50 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14245 -62.1 -79.9 8 17.7 -62.3 266 42 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16694 -68.4 -82.0 13 13.6 -68.5 264 8 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.79 m Freezing level: 594.94 mb = 4516.07 m = 14816.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.58 mb = 4411.09 m = 14471.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.06 % Est. max temperature: 17.17 C = 62.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 610.41 mb = 4306.29 m = 14128.07 ft T: 1.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 10.54 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.77 mb = 4261.76 m = 13981.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.58 C = 60.04 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 616.65 mb = 4223.82 m = 13857.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.65 mb = 4423.67 m = 14513.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.65 mb = 7013.39 m = 23009.52 ft B at Equ Level: 46.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 321.65 mb = 9176.32 m = 30105.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.55 Bulk Shear: 18.47 m/s