MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 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 162 1 950 598 2 900 1057 3 850 1541 4 800 2054 5 750 2599 SFC 710 3063 13.7 4.6 54 9.0 8.2 232 2 316.3 317.8 294.3 340.1 7.52 7 700 3181 13.0 3.3 52 9.7 7.3 248 7 316.8 318.2 294.0 338.9 6.95 8 650 3798 7.4 1.3 65 6.1 4.0 260 11 317.3 318.6 293.8 337.9 6.49 9 600 4450 1.7 -0.9 83 2.5 0.3 263 13 318.1 319.2 293.6 337.2 5.99 10 550 5146 -3.6 -4.6 93 1.0 -4.1 252 16 319.8 320.8 293.3 335.8 4.95 11 500 5893 -7.7 -12.2 70 4.5 -9.5 253 19 323.7 324.2 292.7 333.7 3.00 12 450 6706 -12.1 -22.6 41 10.6 -15.2 253 24 328.1 328.4 292.5 332.9 1.38 13 400 7596 -18.5 -40.5 13 22.0 -22.1 252 29 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.28 14 350 8578 -25.1 -48.2 10 23.2 -27.6 251 37 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 15 300 9682 -32.4 -57.5 6 25.1 -34.1 261 39 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 16 250 10941 -41.1 -60.7 10 19.6 -42.0 263 64 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12427 -50.1 -71.1 7 21.0 -50.5 258 62 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14254 -62.6 -78.8 10 16.2 -62.7 263 49 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16706 -68.9 -81.9 14 13.0 -68.9 277 13 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.81 m Freezing level: 584.19 mb = 4670.27 m = 15322.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.44 mb = 4498.02 m = 14757.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.45 % Est. max temperature: 16.47 C = 61.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 619.39 mb = 4191.09 m = 13750.12 ft T: 3.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 583.89 mb = 4668.00 m = 15314.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.72 C = 60.30 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 594.43 mb = 4525.00 m = 14845.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.43 mb = 5009.86 m = 16436.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.43 mb = 6217.14 m = 20397.18 ft B at Equ Level: 15.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 419.43 mb = 7237.46 m = 23744.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 28.51 m/s