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: 39.33,-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 135 1 950 572 2 900 1033 3 850 1520 4 800 2038 5 750 2590 SFC 726 2870 19.0 3.2 35 15.9 9.6 260 10 320.2 321.5 294.7 341.5 6.63 7 700 3175 14.2 1.9 43 12.3 7.1 255 14 318.2 319.5 293.9 338.3 6.29 8 650 3794 8.2 0.2 57 8.1 3.8 251 14 318.3 319.4 293.7 337.4 5.97 9 600 4448 2.0 -1.3 79 3.3 0.3 245 14 318.4 319.6 293.6 337.0 5.81 10 550 5143 -3.9 -4.0 99 0.1 -4.0 240 14 319.5 320.5 293.3 336.2 5.18 11 500 5889 -8.0 -12.1 72 4.1 -9.6 242 19 323.3 323.9 292.6 333.5 3.03 12 450 6702 -12.3 -17.9 63 5.6 -14.2 247 24 327.8 328.2 293.0 335.0 2.08 13 400 7592 -18.4 -27.9 43 9.5 -20.6 255 28 331.1 331.3 293.0 334.6 0.97 14 350 8573 -25.5 -40.9 22 15.4 -27.6 249 36 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.31 15 300 9674 -32.6 -56.8 7 24.2 -34.3 249 37 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.06 16 250 10934 -41.3 -60.8 10 19.5 -42.2 262 59 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 17 200 12419 -50.2 -71.0 7 20.8 -50.7 255 60 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 18 150 14244 -62.1 -78.7 9 16.6 -62.3 257 41 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16700 -68.0 -82.0 12 14.0 -68.1 256 11 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.67 m Freezing level: 582.99 mb = 4684.78 m = 15369.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.99 mb = 4488.46 m = 14725.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.98 % Est. max temperature: 17.86 C = 64.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 572.23 mb = 4826.83 m = 15835.87 ft T: -1.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 8.07 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 572.66 mb = 4820.93 m = 15816.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.92 C = 64.25 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 576.34 mb = 4769.76 m = 15648.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.34 mb = 4980.46 m = 16339.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.34 mb = 6510.11 m = 21358.37 ft B at Equ Level: 30.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 351.34 mb = 8545.46 m = 28035.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.91 Bulk Shear: 10.75 m/s