MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 157 1 950 594 2 900 1054 3 850 1540 4 800 2056 5 750 2604 SFC 725 2896 17.2 2.3 37 14.9 8.5 260 7 318.4 319.6 293.9 338.4 6.26 7 700 3187 13.2 0.8 43 12.4 6.2 250 9 317.1 318.2 293.2 335.6 5.80 8 650 3804 7.8 -1.6 51 9.4 2.8 233 8 317.8 318.8 293.0 334.6 5.25 9 600 4457 2.0 -3.4 68 5.3 -0.7 216 10 318.4 319.3 292.9 334.4 4.97 10 550 5152 -3.7 -5.8 85 2.2 -4.7 212 12 319.7 320.6 292.9 334.3 4.50 11 500 5898 -8.9 -9.6 95 0.7 -9.2 231 11 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.4 3.70 12 450 6708 -13.2 -27.9 28 14.8 -16.9 256 20 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.7 0.85 13 400 7596 -17.8 -22.3 68 4.5 -19.1 248 41 331.8 332.1 293.7 337.5 1.59 14 350 8584 -23.6 -25.9 81 2.3 -24.2 253 48 337.0 337.2 294.7 341.8 1.33 15 300 9693 -31.7 -37.5 56 5.8 -32.6 257 53 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.6 0.50 16 250 10954 -41.7 -44.2 76 2.5 -41.9 274 64 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.30 17 200 12427 -53.0 -60.4 40 7.5 -53.2 265 58 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.06 18 150 14236 -63.7 -76.0 17 12.3 -63.8 263 63 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16697 -68.5 -81.5 14 13.0 -68.5 307 10 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.99 m Freezing level: 582.65 mb = 4698.36 m = 15414.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.38 mb = 4317.08 m = 14163.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.90 % Est. max temperature: 17.83 C = 64.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 579.46 mb = 4735.39 m = 15535.87 ft T: -0.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.03 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 556.15 mb = 5063.43 m = 16612.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.29 C = 64.91 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 570.25 mb = 4863.36 m = 15955.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 505.25 mb = 5816.46 m = 19082.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 485.25 mb = 6128.25 m = 20105.55 ft B at Equ Level: 4.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 465.25 mb = 6451.58 m = 21166.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 25.74 m/s