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: 39.33,-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 158 1 950 594 2 900 1053 3 850 1538 4 800 2052 5 750 2599 SFC 726 2869 14.5 5.8 56 8.7 9.2 186 2 315.2 316.7 294.4 340.3 8.00 7 700 3181 12.8 3.3 52 9.6 7.2 242 9 316.7 318.0 294.0 338.6 6.93 8 650 3798 7.2 1.5 67 5.7 3.9 256 13 317.1 318.4 293.8 337.9 6.56 9 600 4450 1.5 -0.8 84 2.3 0.3 261 15 317.9 319.1 293.6 337.1 6.03 10 550 5145 -3.6 -4.4 94 0.8 -4.0 248 17 319.8 320.7 293.3 336.0 5.01 11 500 5892 -7.9 -12.0 72 4.2 -9.5 251 19 323.5 324.1 292.7 333.6 3.04 12 450 6705 -12.1 -21.5 46 9.3 -15.0 252 23 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.53 13 400 7594 -18.6 -40.7 12 22.1 -22.1 252 28 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.27 14 350 8576 -25.2 -47.5 11 22.2 -27.8 251 37 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.15 15 300 9679 -32.5 -57.5 7 25.0 -34.2 260 39 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 16 250 10938 -41.1 -60.7 10 19.6 -42.0 263 63 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 17 200 12425 -50.1 -71.2 7 21.1 -50.5 259 63 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14252 -62.5 -78.9 9 16.4 -62.6 262 49 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16706 -68.9 -81.9 14 13.0 -69.0 278 12 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.24 m Freezing level: 585.18 mb = 4655.99 m = 15275.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.39 mb = 4498.21 m = 14757.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.43 % Est. max temperature: 17.77 C = 63.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 637.37 mb = 3957.49 m = 12983.73 ft T: 5.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.19 mb = 4554.75 m = 14943.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.24 C = 63.03 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 603.58 mb = 4401.50 m = 14440.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.58 mb = 4879.62 m = 16009.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.58 mb = 6392.84 m = 20973.63 ft B at Equ Level: 27.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.58 mb = 8604.85 m = 28230.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 26.98 m/s