MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 158 1 950 594 2 900 1053 3 850 1537 4 800 2050 5 750 2596 SFC 718 2965 14.2 5.9 57 8.4 9.1 289 3 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.4 8.12 7 700 3174 11.0 4.9 66 6.0 7.3 277 3 314.6 316.1 294.1 339.0 7.79 8 650 3787 5.9 2.7 80 3.2 4.0 248 9 315.6 317.0 293.9 338.1 7.15 9 600 4438 0.8 0.2 95 0.6 0.5 238 21 317.1 318.3 293.7 337.6 6.48 10 550 5132 -3.5 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.7 240 31 319.9 320.9 293.5 336.7 5.20 11 500 5880 -7.7 -8.6 93 1.0 -8.1 248 32 323.7 324.5 293.6 336.9 3.99 12 450 6694 -12.1 -14.6 82 2.4 -13.0 255 30 328.0 328.5 293.7 337.4 2.75 13 400 7585 -18.3 -23.7 62 5.4 -19.7 255 33 331.2 331.5 293.4 336.3 1.41 14 350 8568 -25.1 -38.2 28 13.1 -27.1 251 41 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.5 0.40 15 300 9669 -32.9 -48.9 19 16.0 -34.3 253 43 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.15 16 250 10931 -40.9 -60.6 10 19.7 -41.9 253 57 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 17 200 12414 -51.3 -68.1 12 16.9 -51.7 256 58 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14229 -63.2 -75.5 17 12.3 -63.3 264 42 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16674 -69.3 -81.9 14 12.6 -69.4 204 7 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.69 m Freezing level: 590.57 mb = 4568.65 m = 14988.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.21 mb = 4515.09 m = 14813.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.81 % Est. max temperature: 16.86 C = 62.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 632.91 mb = 4003.86 m = 13135.85 ft T: 4.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 4.76 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.87 mb = 4252.05 m = 13950.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.86 C = 58.74 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 623.83 mb = 4121.25 m = 13520.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.83 mb = 4587.70 m = 15051.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.83 mb = 6377.51 m = 20923.33 ft B at Equ Level: 29.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.83 mb = 8591.81 m = 28188.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.6 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 279.6 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 73.85 m/s