MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 39.30,-106.86 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1084 3 850 1566 4 800 2075 5 750 2616 SFC 719 2965 10.6 4.7 67 5.9 7.1 173 3 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.9 7.47 7 700 3188 8.2 3.6 73 4.6 5.6 182 4 311.6 312.9 292.7 333.6 7.10 8 650 3796 3.4 1.1 85 2.3 2.2 165 1 312.9 314.1 292.5 332.8 6.39 9 600 4441 -0.8 -1.9 92 1.1 -1.4 285 5 315.2 316.2 292.4 332.7 5.55 10 550 5132 -4.4 -4.7 97 0.4 -4.6 254 18 318.9 319.9 293.0 334.7 4.89 11 500 5879 -8.1 -8.8 95 0.7 -8.4 255 31 323.2 324.0 293.4 336.3 3.95 12 450 6690 -13.0 -14.2 90 1.3 -13.5 253 35 326.9 327.5 293.4 336.5 2.82 13 400 7579 -18.3 -19.6 89 1.3 -18.7 257 34 331.2 331.6 293.9 338.3 2.02 14 350 8564 -24.4 -25.9 87 1.5 -24.8 255 40 335.9 336.1 294.5 340.7 1.32 15 300 9671 -31.4 -44.6 26 13.2 -32.9 254 53 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.24 16 250 10938 -40.5 -47.7 46 7.2 -41.0 250 60 345.9 346.0 295.9 346.8 0.21 17 200 12424 -50.9 -69.4 9 18.5 -51.2 261 53 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14240 -63.5 -76.9 15 13.4 -63.6 265 41 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16679 -67.7 -81.9 12 14.2 -67.8 329 6 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.46 m Freezing level: 609.70 mb = 4315.84 m = 14159.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.40 mb = 4184.62 m = 13728.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.57 % Est. max temperature: 15.72 C = 60.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 657.90 mb = 3696.99 m = 12129.10 ft T: 4.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 2.14 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.70 mb = 4167.62 m = 13673.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.76 C = 54.98 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5284.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.63 mb = 3988.83 m = 13086.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.4 neg: -21.0 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 71.83 m/s