MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.89 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 190 1 950 625 2 900 1083 3 850 1566 4 800 2078 5 750 2620 SFC 726 2897 12.4 5.9 65 6.4 8.5 190 2 312.9 314.5 293.9 338.0 8.08 7 700 3196 9.9 2.9 62 7.0 5.9 220 3 313.5 314.8 293.0 334.7 6.77 8 650 3807 4.7 0.7 75 4.0 2.5 258 6 314.3 315.5 292.7 333.9 6.21 9 600 4454 -0.8 -2.2 90 1.4 -1.5 260 10 315.2 316.3 292.4 332.5 5.43 10 550 5144 -4.9 -8.5 76 3.5 -6.5 254 13 318.2 318.9 291.7 330.1 3.66 11 500 5889 -8.2 -16.6 51 8.4 -11.2 248 12 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.1 2.09 12 450 6700 -12.4 -36.1 12 23.7 -17.1 254 23 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.39 13 400 7591 -17.1 -47.6 5 30.5 -21.3 249 35 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 14 350 8579 -24.0 -35.0 35 11.1 -25.9 259 41 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.6 0.56 15 300 9685 -32.0 -34.4 79 2.4 -32.4 263 59 340.2 340.4 295.0 342.9 0.69 16 250 10944 -42.4 -47.5 58 5.1 -42.8 275 67 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.8 0.21 17 200 12415 -52.4 -66.0 18 13.6 -52.7 266 53 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14231 -61.7 -79.0 8 17.3 -61.9 263 53 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16682 -67.2 -81.9 11 14.7 -67.4 265 11 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.07 m Freezing level: 606.89 mb = 4364.71 m = 14319.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.60 mb = 4207.25 m = 13803.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.11 % Est. max temperature: 15.76 C = 60.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 658.54 mb = 3699.62 m = 12137.71 ft T: 5.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 8.89 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.99 mb = 4280.82 m = 14044.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.25 C = 57.64 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 622.16 mb = 4160.81 m = 13650.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.16 mb = 4491.43 m = 14735.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 527.16 mb = 5475.24 m = 17963.18 ft B at Equ Level: 12.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 487.16 mb = 6088.95 m = 19976.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 42.10 m/s