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: 39.35,-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 154 1 950 590 2 900 1050 3 850 1535 4 800 2049 5 750 2596 SFC 729 2840 15.3 6.0 54 9.3 9.6 304 3 315.8 317.3 294.6 341.1 8.05 7 700 3175 10.7 4.7 67 6.0 7.2 285 3 314.3 315.8 293.9 338.4 7.70 8 650 3787 5.6 2.7 81 2.9 3.9 248 9 315.3 316.7 293.8 337.8 7.16 9 600 4437 0.7 0.2 96 0.5 0.4 235 21 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.5 6.48 10 550 5132 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.7 237 32 319.8 320.9 293.5 336.7 5.22 11 500 5880 -7.7 -8.5 94 0.8 -8.0 248 32 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.1 4.04 12 450 6693 -12.2 -14.3 84 2.1 -13.0 255 30 327.9 328.5 293.7 337.5 2.82 13 400 7584 -18.4 -23.5 64 5.2 -19.8 255 32 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.2 1.43 14 350 8567 -25.1 -39.5 25 14.3 -27.2 252 41 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.3 0.36 15 300 9668 -33.0 -49.8 17 16.9 -34.4 253 43 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.13 16 250 10930 -40.9 -62.2 8 21.4 -41.8 253 57 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.04 17 200 12413 -51.2 -68.0 12 16.8 -51.6 255 58 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14228 -63.3 -75.5 17 12.3 -63.4 263 43 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16674 -69.2 -81.9 14 12.7 -69.2 200 7 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.43 m Freezing level: 591.98 mb = 4548.57 m = 14922.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.83 mb = 4506.16 m = 14783.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.51 % Est. max temperature: 17.44 C = 63.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 633.06 mb = 4001.69 m = 13128.75 ft T: 3.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.16 mb = 4195.00 m = 13762.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.78 C = 60.41 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.61 mb = 4058.97 m = 13316.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.61 mb = 4522.60 m = 14837.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.61 mb = 6298.50 m = 20664.13 ft B at Equ Level: 25.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 363.61 mb = 8285.97 m = 27184.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 129.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 77.77 m/s