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: 39.35,-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 164 1 950 599 2 900 1058 3 850 1541 4 800 2052 5 750 2595 SFC 728 2839 12.0 6.7 70 5.3 8.8 327 3 312.2 313.8 293.9 338.4 8.47 7 700 3171 9.9 5.3 73 4.5 7.2 296 4 313.4 314.9 293.9 338.4 8.03 8 650 3783 5.6 2.5 81 3.0 3.8 256 14 315.3 316.6 293.7 337.6 7.09 9 600 4433 0.7 -0.1 94 0.8 0.3 240 20 317.0 318.2 293.6 337.1 6.35 10 550 5126 -4.2 -4.9 95 0.7 -4.5 245 24 319.1 320.1 293.0 334.8 4.84 11 500 5874 -6.9 -15.6 50 8.7 -10.1 255 27 324.6 325.1 292.3 332.4 2.27 12 450 6690 -10.8 -34.5 12 23.7 -16.0 269 32 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.3 0.45 13 400 7582 -18.1 -38.6 15 20.5 -21.7 264 41 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 14 350 8563 -25.8 -45.5 14 19.7 -28.2 258 44 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.19 15 300 9665 -32.3 -58.4 6 26.1 -34.0 255 46 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 16 250 10928 -40.8 -64.3 6 23.5 -41.8 253 55 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 17 200 12415 -50.8 -66.2 14 15.5 -51.1 253 56 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.03 18 150 14234 -63.1 -74.7 19 11.6 -63.2 248 40 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16681 -69.5 -81.8 15 12.3 -69.5 214 17 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.04 m Freezing level: 592.56 mb = 4536.05 m = 14881.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.75 mb = 4476.23 m = 14685.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.55 % Est. max temperature: 17.20 C = 62.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.37 mb = 3503.69 m = 11494.90 ft T: 7.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 621.68 mb = 4144.75 m = 13598.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.68 C = 60.22 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: 0.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.74 mb = 3925.04 m = 12877.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.74 mb = 4516.51 m = 14817.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 513.74 mb = 5661.29 m = 18573.56 ft B at Equ Level: 31.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 463.74 mb = 6457.26 m = 21184.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.7 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 288.7 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 80.20 m/s