MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 177 1 950 612 2 900 1069 3 850 1551 4 800 2060 5 750 2599 SFC 729 2840 8.7 5.9 83 2.7 7.1 40 3 308.5 310.1 292.6 333.1 8.04 7 700 3172 8.4 4.9 79 3.5 6.3 24 3 311.8 313.3 293.3 335.8 7.78 8 650 3782 4.8 2.4 84 2.4 3.5 275 4 314.4 315.8 293.4 336.4 7.02 9 600 4430 0.3 -0.8 93 1.0 -0.3 252 14 316.4 317.6 293.2 335.6 6.04 10 550 5123 -3.9 -6.5 82 2.6 -5.1 258 21 319.4 320.3 292.6 333.3 4.28 11 500 5873 -5.4 -25.1 20 19.7 -11.2 274 24 326.4 326.6 291.7 330.0 0.99 12 450 6691 -11.0 -38.5 8 27.5 -16.4 272 28 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.31 13 400 7582 -18.6 -38.9 15 20.3 -22.0 262 36 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.33 14 350 8561 -26.1 -45.4 14 19.4 -28.3 255 46 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.19 15 300 9664 -31.7 -60.0 4 28.3 -33.6 249 51 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 16 250 10929 -40.2 -64.5 6 24.3 -41.2 248 59 346.3 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 17 200 12418 -50.8 -63.8 20 13.1 -51.1 247 58 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.04 18 150 14236 -63.6 -73.9 24 10.3 -63.7 238 49 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16677 -69.9 -81.3 17 11.4 -69.9 242 18 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.05 m Freezing level: 596.93 mb = 4472.61 m = 14673.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.64 mb = 4381.09 m = 14373.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.54 % Est. max temperature: 17.02 C = 62.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.79 mb = 3186.35 m = 10453.79 ft T: 8.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 624.80 mb = 4102.01 m = 13457.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.96 C = 58.93 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: 3.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4336.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.28 mb = 3803.25 m = 12477.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.2 neg: -4.2 tot: 78.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 88.44 m/s