MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 184 1 950 620 2 900 1077 3 850 1558 4 800 2067 5 750 2607 SFC 724 2897 9.3 2.6 63 6.6 5.6 155 1 309.7 310.9 291.6 329.5 6.41 7 700 3182 9.5 2.3 61 7.2 5.5 221 4 313.0 314.2 292.6 333.3 6.48 8 650 3792 4.3 0.5 76 3.8 2.2 262 4 313.8 315.0 292.6 333.1 6.13 9 600 4438 -0.9 -1.6 95 0.7 -1.3 288 8 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.1 5.69 10 550 5129 -4.5 -5.0 97 0.4 -4.8 262 14 318.7 319.6 292.9 334.2 4.81 11 500 5875 -8.2 -8.7 96 0.5 -8.4 246 25 323.0 323.8 293.3 336.1 3.97 12 450 6687 -12.4 -12.8 97 0.4 -12.6 256 37 327.6 328.3 293.9 338.4 3.18 13 400 7577 -18.1 -18.2 99 0.1 -18.1 249 40 331.5 331.9 294.1 339.4 2.27 14 350 8564 -23.5 -26.0 80 2.5 -24.1 255 49 337.1 337.3 294.8 341.9 1.31 15 300 9674 -31.3 -33.2 83 1.9 -31.6 254 51 341.3 341.5 295.3 344.3 0.78 16 250 10940 -40.9 -43.6 75 2.7 -41.2 254 63 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.5 0.32 17 200 12423 -50.5 -67.6 11 17.1 -50.9 261 51 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14240 -63.9 -77.4 14 13.5 -64.0 264 41 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16673 -67.7 -81.7 12 14.0 -67.8 305 13 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.23 m Freezing level: 608.52 mb = 4327.63 m = 14198.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.05 mb = 4198.56 m = 13774.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.31 % Est. max temperature: 15.83 C = 60.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 654.58 mb = 3734.28 m = 12251.44 ft T: 4.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 606.84 mb = 4346.29 m = 14259.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.03 C = 57.25 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5736.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.59 mb = 4152.55 m = 13623.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.3 neg: -11.0 tot: 39.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 69.85 m/s