MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 179 1 950 614 2 900 1071 3 850 1552 4 800 2061 5 750 2600 SFC 729 2839 8.6 6.3 85 2.3 7.2 37 1 308.5 310.0 292.7 333.6 8.25 7 700 3172 8.0 4.9 81 3.1 6.2 35 2 311.4 312.9 293.2 335.4 7.78 8 650 3781 4.6 2.1 84 2.5 3.2 267 1 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.7 6.87 9 600 4429 -0.3 -0.9 96 0.6 -0.7 246 7 315.7 316.9 293.0 334.6 5.97 10 550 5121 -4.1 -6.3 85 2.2 -5.1 265 14 319.2 320.0 292.6 333.3 4.35 11 500 5871 -6.1 -26.8 18 20.7 -11.9 283 19 325.7 325.8 291.3 328.7 0.85 12 450 6687 -11.8 -38.4 9 26.6 -16.9 271 23 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.31 13 400 7574 -19.5 -39.3 16 19.8 -22.7 261 30 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.9 0.32 14 350 8551 -26.2 -46.8 13 20.6 -28.5 254 48 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 15 300 9652 -32.3 -57.5 6 25.2 -34.1 247 58 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 16 250 10915 -40.2 -63.4 7 23.1 -41.2 247 68 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 17 200 12402 -50.9 -64.9 18 13.9 -51.3 247 65 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.03 18 150 14220 -64.2 -73.6 27 9.3 -64.3 241 57 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16667 -68.9 -81.4 15 12.6 -68.9 253 17 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.39 m Freezing level: 603.39 mb = 4384.60 m = 14385.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.52 mb = 4314.44 m = 14154.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.86 % Est. max temperature: 16.57 C = 61.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.15 mb = 3134.54 m = 10283.81 ft T: 8.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 629.10 mb = 4045.26 m = 13271.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.43 C = 57.97 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: 2.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4946.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 650.19 mb = 3778.43 m = 12396.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 60.45 m/s