MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 184 1 950 619 2 900 1076 3 850 1559 4 800 2069 5 750 2610 SFC 727 2868 9.5 6.4 81 3.1 7.6 140 2 309.7 311.2 293.1 335.2 8.32 7 700 3187 10.7 4.1 63 6.6 6.8 240 4 314.3 315.7 293.6 337.3 7.33 8 650 3801 6.2 2.2 76 3.9 3.9 267 11 315.9 317.3 293.8 337.8 6.93 9 600 4451 0.6 -0.2 94 0.8 0.1 265 16 316.8 318.0 293.5 336.7 6.28 10 550 5145 -3.6 -5.5 87 1.9 -4.6 259 17 319.8 320.7 293.0 334.8 4.61 11 500 5893 -7.7 -12.9 66 5.2 -9.7 251 14 323.7 324.2 292.6 333.2 2.84 12 450 6706 -11.9 -30.5 20 18.5 -16.3 257 22 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.67 13 400 7596 -18.1 -39.1 14 21.0 -21.7 259 30 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.32 14 350 8582 -24.0 -47.0 10 23.1 -26.8 258 35 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.16 15 300 9687 -32.5 -54.9 9 22.3 -34.2 266 42 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.07 16 250 10948 -40.6 -61.1 9 20.4 -41.6 266 66 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.04 17 200 12436 -50.2 -71.3 7 21.1 -50.7 261 62 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14262 -62.1 -78.2 10 16.0 -62.3 261 46 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16715 -69.6 -81.8 15 12.2 -69.6 288 8 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.31 m Freezing level: 593.13 mb = 4546.45 m = 14915.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.54 mb = 4470.61 m = 14667.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.72 % Est. max temperature: 17.28 C = 63.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.17 mb = 3268.42 m = 10723.02 ft T: 10.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 611.82 mb = 4292.76 m = 14083.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.87 C = 60.57 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.79 mb = 4070.51 m = 13354.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 553.79 mb = 5089.87 m = 16698.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 533.79 mb = 5379.46 m = 17648.95 ft B at Equ Level: 26.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 443.79 mb = 6811.17 m = 22346.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -8.2 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 37.17 m/s