MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 142 1 950 579 2 900 1039 3 850 1525 4 800 2041 5 750 2590 SFC 709 3063 17.3 2.8 38 14.5 8.7 259 10 320.5 321.7 294.7 341.7 6.62 7 700 3174 14.5 2.2 43 12.4 7.3 256 12 318.6 319.8 294.1 339.0 6.40 8 650 3794 8.5 0.2 56 8.3 3.9 254 13 318.6 319.8 293.7 337.8 5.98 9 600 4449 2.2 -1.3 78 3.5 0.4 250 13 318.7 319.8 293.7 337.4 5.82 10 550 5144 -3.6 -3.8 98 0.2 -3.7 247 13 319.8 320.8 293.5 336.7 5.24 11 500 5891 -8.0 -11.5 76 3.5 -9.4 246 18 323.3 324.0 292.8 334.0 3.18 12 450 6703 -12.3 -17.6 65 5.3 -14.2 249 24 327.7 328.2 293.1 335.1 2.13 13 400 7593 -18.4 -27.6 44 9.2 -20.6 256 29 331.1 331.3 293.0 334.7 0.99 14 350 8575 -25.5 -39.8 25 14.3 -27.5 249 36 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.7 0.34 15 300 9676 -32.6 -57.1 7 24.5 -34.3 250 37 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 16 250 10937 -41.1 -60.9 10 19.8 -42.1 262 60 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12421 -50.3 -70.8 7 20.5 -50.7 256 60 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14246 -62.2 -78.6 9 16.4 -62.3 257 41 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16700 -68.1 -82.0 12 14.0 -68.1 254 11 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.22 m Freezing level: 581.03 mb = 4712.65 m = 15461.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.47 mb = 4509.17 m = 14793.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.95 % Est. max temperature: 16.53 C = 61.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 570.45 mb = 4852.51 m = 15920.10 ft T: -1.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 7.76 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.85 mb = 4874.97 m = 15993.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.34 C = 61.40 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 573.91 mb = 4804.09 m = 15761.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.91 mb = 5015.87 m = 16456.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.91 mb = 6385.86 m = 20950.72 ft B at Equ Level: 19.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 378.91 mb = 7991.42 m = 26218.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 12.88 m/s