MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 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 141 1 950 578 2 900 1039 3 850 1526 4 800 2044 5 750 2595 SFC 724 2898 18.2 0.6 31 17.6 8.2 268 5 319.6 320.7 293.7 337.5 5.54 7 700 3181 14.8 -0.1 36 14.9 6.5 264 8 318.8 319.9 293.4 336.2 5.41 8 650 3801 8.9 -1.6 48 10.5 3.2 262 10 319.0 320.0 293.3 335.8 5.22 9 600 4456 2.6 -2.9 67 5.6 -0.2 253 12 319.2 320.2 293.3 335.7 5.14 10 550 5153 -3.4 -5.8 84 2.3 -4.6 238 15 320.0 320.9 293.0 334.8 4.53 11 500 5899 -8.5 -13.1 69 4.6 -10.3 222 13 322.7 323.3 292.3 332.1 2.79 12 450 6709 -13.3 -25.5 35 12.2 -16.5 251 19 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.4 1.07 13 400 7597 -18.0 -18.1 100 0.0 -18.0 251 40 331.5 332.0 294.2 339.6 2.31 14 350 8584 -24.0 -24.1 99 0.1 -24.0 247 46 336.4 336.8 294.8 342.1 1.56 15 300 9692 -31.5 -35.0 71 3.5 -32.1 255 54 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.4 0.65 16 250 10954 -41.6 -45.4 67 3.7 -41.9 271 61 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.27 17 200 12428 -52.6 -57.4 56 4.8 -52.8 266 70 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.8 0.08 18 150 14243 -62.4 -77.7 11 15.3 -62.5 263 52 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16696 -70.0 -81.2 18 11.2 -70.1 279 9 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.08 m Freezing level: 578.21 mb = 4759.62 m = 15615.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.10 mb = 4413.89 m = 14481.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.17 % Est. max temperature: 18.25 C = 64.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 555.56 mb = 5072.08 m = 16640.48 ft T: -2.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km ThetaE index: 7.12 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 546.68 mb = 5200.07 m = 17060.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.78 C = 65.80 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 555.09 mb = 5078.92 m = 16662.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 500.09 mb = 5898.00 m = 19350.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 480.09 mb = 6211.77 m = 20379.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 460.09 mb = 6538.86 m = 21452.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -7.2 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 31.31 m/s