MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 170 1 950 606 2 900 1065 3 850 1549 4 800 2062 5 750 2607 SFC 719 2966 14.5 4.5 51 10.0 8.5 242 4 316.2 317.6 294.1 339.4 7.36 7 700 3185 10.5 3.6 62 6.9 6.5 233 4 314.2 315.5 293.4 336.4 7.09 8 650 3797 4.8 2.0 82 2.7 3.2 231 4 314.4 315.7 293.3 335.8 6.84 9 600 4444 -0.4 -0.8 98 0.3 -0.6 238 9 315.6 316.8 293.0 334.7 6.04 10 550 5136 -3.9 -4.8 94 0.9 -4.3 247 24 319.5 320.4 293.2 335.3 4.89 11 500 5883 -7.9 -9.1 91 1.3 -8.4 250 33 323.4 324.2 293.3 336.1 3.83 12 450 6696 -12.7 -13.9 91 1.2 -13.2 250 33 327.2 327.8 293.6 337.1 2.89 13 400 7585 -18.4 -19.4 92 1.0 -18.7 250 29 331.1 331.5 293.9 338.4 2.07 14 350 8569 -24.8 -28.3 73 3.5 -25.6 246 40 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.1 1.06 15 300 9672 -32.3 -43.0 34 10.8 -33.5 253 50 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.29 16 250 10938 -40.5 -50.0 35 9.6 -41.1 249 63 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.6 0.16 17 200 12424 -51.2 -69.2 10 18.1 -51.5 258 54 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14238 -63.5 -75.6 18 12.1 -63.6 263 44 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16680 -68.0 -81.9 12 13.8 -68.1 166 3 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.07 m Freezing level: 604.09 mb = 4390.76 m = 14405.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.08 mb = 4335.61 m = 14224.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.83 % Est. max temperature: 16.18 C = 61.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 617.67 mb = 4209.01 m = 13808.92 ft T: 1.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 4.65 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.09 mb = 4216.65 m = 13833.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.62 C = 56.52 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 622.23 mb = 4149.57 m = 13613.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.23 mb = 4346.89 m = 14261.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 557.23 mb = 5031.97 m = 16508.88 ft B at Equ Level: 10.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 487.23 mb = 6082.69 m = 19956.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 88.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 58.13 m/s