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: 39.35,-106.92 Latitude: 39.35 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 187 1 950 623 2 900 1080 3 850 1563 4 800 2073 5 750 2615 SFC 730 2841 11.5 5.1 65 6.4 7.7 168 4 311.4 312.9 293.0 334.8 7.55 7 700 3188 8.2 3.4 72 4.8 5.4 179 5 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.2 6.99 8 650 3796 3.6 0.9 82 2.7 2.1 152 2 313.0 314.2 292.4 332.6 6.28 9 600 4441 -0.9 -2.1 91 1.3 -1.5 291 4 315.1 316.2 292.4 332.4 5.46 10 550 5131 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 252 17 318.8 319.8 292.9 334.5 4.87 11 500 5878 -8.1 -8.7 95 0.6 -8.4 255 30 323.2 324.0 293.4 336.3 3.97 12 450 6689 -13.0 -14.1 92 1.1 -13.4 252 34 326.9 327.4 293.4 336.6 2.86 13 400 7578 -18.3 -19.6 89 1.3 -18.7 255 33 331.2 331.6 293.9 338.3 2.03 14 350 8563 -24.6 -25.8 90 1.2 -24.8 255 40 335.6 335.9 294.4 340.5 1.34 15 300 9669 -31.5 -44.0 28 12.5 -32.9 254 53 341.0 341.0 294.8 342.0 0.26 16 250 10937 -40.4 -47.2 48 6.8 -41.0 250 61 346.0 346.0 295.9 346.8 0.22 17 200 12423 -50.8 -69.7 9 18.8 -51.2 260 53 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14240 -63.4 -77.0 14 13.5 -63.6 265 41 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16678 -67.7 -81.9 11 14.2 -67.8 332 6 396.9 396.9 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.61 m Freezing level: 609.80 mb = 4314.23 m = 14154.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.03 mb = 4162.93 m = 13657.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.89 % Est. max temperature: 16.16 C = 61.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.26 mb = 3642.34 m = 11949.80 ft T: 4.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 2.38 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.17 mb = 4148.24 m = 13609.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.96 C = 57.13 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5019.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.25 mb = 3942.62 m = 12934.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.9 neg: -25.4 tot: 38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 66.85 m/s