MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 165 1 950 602 2 900 1062 3 850 1548 4 800 2064 5 750 2613 SFC 725 2898 18.0 2.3 35 15.7 8.8 265 6 319.2 320.4 294.1 339.2 6.23 7 700 3195 12.7 0.9 44 11.8 6.1 253 7 316.6 317.7 293.1 335.2 5.86 8 650 3811 6.7 -0.8 59 7.5 2.7 245 9 316.6 317.6 292.9 334.2 5.55 9 600 4461 0.6 -2.5 80 3.1 -1.0 237 10 316.8 317.8 292.7 333.7 5.31 10 550 5153 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -6.0 234 11 318.1 318.9 292.0 331.3 4.08 11 500 5896 -8.8 -20.9 37 12.1 -12.6 245 11 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.2 1.44 12 450 6706 -12.7 -37.3 11 24.6 -17.5 261 22 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.34 13 400 7595 -17.8 -35.0 21 17.2 -21.1 249 36 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.7 0.49 14 350 8582 -23.9 -26.9 76 3.0 -24.6 254 45 336.5 336.7 294.6 340.9 1.20 15 300 9688 -32.2 -34.8 78 2.5 -32.6 263 53 339.9 340.1 294.9 342.5 0.67 16 250 10950 -41.6 -46.3 60 4.7 -41.9 278 68 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.2 0.24 17 200 12422 -52.8 -64.3 24 11.5 -53.1 270 53 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14231 -63.4 -75.2 19 11.8 -63.6 260 65 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16694 -66.9 -81.9 10 15.0 -67.0 295 7 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.69 m Freezing level: 594.81 mb = 4532.96 m = 14871.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.44 mb = 4281.27 m = 14045.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.98 % Est. max temperature: 16.41 C = 61.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 572.65 mb = 4831.94 m = 15852.64 ft T: -2.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 11.93 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.17 mb = 4783.20 m = 15692.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.39 C = 61.50 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: 0.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 580.04 mb = 4730.06 m = 15518.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 565.04 mb = 4938.23 m = 16201.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.04 mb = 5972.64 m = 19595.03 ft B at Equ Level: 22.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 445.04 mb = 6789.74 m = 22275.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 26.83 m/s