MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 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 164 1 950 600 2 900 1058 3 850 1541 4 800 2052 5 750 2594 SFC 718 2963 11.6 6.3 70 5.3 8.3 309 4 313.1 314.6 294.1 339.0 8.37 7 700 3170 10.3 5.4 72 4.9 7.3 292 5 313.8 315.4 294.0 338.9 8.05 8 650 3783 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 3.9 260 13 315.5 316.9 293.7 337.7 7.06 9 600 4433 0.8 -0.2 93 1.0 0.3 244 19 317.1 318.3 293.6 337.0 6.29 10 550 5127 -4.1 -5.0 94 0.9 -4.6 246 23 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.7 4.80 11 500 5874 -6.8 -15.7 49 8.9 -10.1 256 27 324.8 325.2 292.4 332.4 2.25 12 450 6691 -10.8 -34.1 13 23.2 -16.0 269 31 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.4 0.48 13 400 7583 -18.1 -38.8 15 20.7 -21.7 265 41 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.33 14 350 8564 -25.8 -45.5 14 19.7 -28.1 258 44 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.19 15 300 9666 -32.2 -58.5 6 26.3 -34.0 255 46 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 16 250 10930 -40.8 -64.3 6 23.5 -41.8 253 55 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 17 200 12416 -50.8 -66.1 15 15.3 -51.1 253 55 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.03 18 150 14235 -63.1 -74.7 19 11.7 -63.2 248 40 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16682 -69.5 -81.7 15 12.2 -69.6 216 17 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.23 m Freezing level: 591.69 mb = 4548.37 m = 14922.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.36 mb = 4468.36 m = 14659.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.66 % Est. max temperature: 16.46 C = 61.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.58 mb = 3624.53 m = 11891.36 ft T: 6.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 7.64 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.23 mb = 4229.49 m = 13876.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.77 C = 58.59 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 629.13 mb = 4048.05 m = 13280.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.13 mb = 4646.74 m = 15245.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.13 mb = 5655.72 m = 18555.29 ft B at Equ Level: 30.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 464.13 mb = 6451.28 m = 21165.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.5 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 289.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 71.35 m/s