MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 191 1 950 626 2 900 1083 3 850 1564 4 800 2073 5 750 2612 SFC 725 2897 8.1 2.2 66 5.9 4.9 141 2 308.4 309.6 291.0 327.5 6.22 7 700 3188 10.7 2.3 56 8.4 5.9 290 1 314.3 315.5 292.9 334.6 6.46 8 650 3802 6.6 -0.1 62 6.7 2.9 279 5 316.4 317.5 293.1 335.0 5.86 9 600 4453 0.9 -1.6 83 2.5 -0.4 257 12 317.2 318.3 293.2 335.3 5.69 10 550 5147 -3.9 -6.0 86 2.0 -4.9 246 17 319.4 320.3 292.7 333.8 4.45 11 500 5894 -7.6 -12.8 66 5.2 -9.6 242 19 323.8 324.4 292.6 333.4 2.87 12 450 6707 -12.2 -14.1 86 1.9 -12.9 254 29 327.9 328.5 293.7 337.7 2.86 13 400 7600 -17.0 -18.3 90 1.2 -17.4 254 39 332.8 333.3 294.5 340.8 2.27 14 350 8590 -23.1 -26.1 76 3.0 -23.9 249 42 337.6 337.9 294.9 342.3 1.30 15 300 9701 -31.0 -33.9 75 2.9 -31.4 257 50 341.7 341.9 295.4 344.5 0.72 16 250 10966 -41.3 -42.0 93 0.7 -41.3 264 54 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.2 0.38 17 200 12441 -52.6 -56.1 66 3.5 -52.8 269 58 349.4 349.4 296.6 349.8 0.10 18 150 14258 -63.4 -76.4 15 13.0 -63.5 254 48 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16694 -68.6 -81.6 14 13.0 -68.7 268 19 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.64 m Freezing level: 590.65 mb = 4582.85 m = 15035.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.84 mb = 4374.35 m = 14351.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.60 % Est. max temperature: 17.14 C = 62.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.43 mb = 3645.36 m = 11959.71 ft T: 7.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 578.52 mb = 4743.75 m = 15563.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.00 C = 62.60 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5059.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.16 mb = 4383.50 m = 14381.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 281.5 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: -8.3 tot: 27.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 60.31 m/s