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: 39.35,-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 166 1 950 602 2 900 1061 3 850 1546 4 800 2060 5 750 2607 SFC 729 2842 15.8 4.6 47 11.2 9.1 244 5 316.2 317.7 294.1 339.3 7.31 7 700 3186 10.4 3.4 62 7.0 6.3 234 4 314.0 315.3 293.3 335.9 6.99 8 650 3797 4.6 2.0 84 2.5 3.1 228 4 314.1 315.4 293.2 335.5 6.83 9 600 4444 -0.6 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.7 234 8 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.4 5.99 10 550 5135 -3.9 -4.6 95 0.7 -4.3 244 22 319.5 320.4 293.2 335.4 4.94 11 500 5883 -7.9 -8.9 92 1.1 -8.4 249 32 323.4 324.2 293.4 336.3 3.89 12 450 6695 -12.8 -13.8 92 1.0 -13.2 249 32 327.1 327.7 293.6 337.1 2.92 13 400 7584 -18.4 -19.3 93 0.9 -18.7 249 28 331.1 331.5 293.9 338.4 2.08 14 350 8568 -24.9 -28.4 73 3.5 -25.6 245 40 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.0 1.05 15 300 9671 -32.4 -42.3 37 9.9 -33.6 253 49 339.7 339.8 294.6 340.9 0.31 16 250 10937 -40.4 -51.4 30 11.0 -41.1 249 63 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.13 17 200 12423 -51.1 -69.3 10 18.1 -51.5 257 54 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 18 150 14237 -63.5 -75.7 18 12.2 -63.6 263 44 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16679 -68.0 -81.9 12 13.9 -68.1 163 3 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.83 m Freezing level: 605.57 mb = 4371.41 m = 14341.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.59 mb = 4315.32 m = 14157.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.13 % Est. max temperature: 16.56 C = 61.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 616.24 mb = 4227.73 m = 13870.35 ft T: 1.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.02 mb = 4178.26 m = 13708.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.60 C = 58.28 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 624.12 mb = 4125.04 m = 13533.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.12 mb = 4321.65 m = 14178.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 549.12 mb = 5147.98 m = 16889.49 ft B at Equ Level: 13.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 479.12 mb = 6211.62 m = 20379.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 83.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 48.21 m/s