MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 174 1 950 609 2 900 1066 3 850 1547 4 800 2055 5 750 2593 SFC 728 2839 8.7 6.4 86 2.3 7.3 57 1 308.6 310.2 292.8 334.0 8.32 7 700 3166 8.2 4.7 79 3.5 6.2 36 1 311.6 313.0 293.2 335.4 7.68 8 650 3775 4.7 1.1 78 3.6 2.7 193 3 314.3 315.5 292.9 334.4 6.41 9 600 4422 -0.5 -2.0 90 1.5 -1.3 210 6 315.5 316.6 292.5 333.0 5.52 10 550 5113 -4.6 -4.8 99 0.1 -4.7 237 8 318.6 319.6 292.9 334.4 4.89 11 500 5858 -7.4 -25.6 22 18.2 -12.5 282 15 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.3 0.95 12 450 6671 -12.5 -38.5 9 26.1 -17.4 274 23 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.30 13 400 7556 -20.3 -38.9 17 18.6 -23.3 266 28 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.8 0.33 14 350 8530 -26.9 -46.5 14 19.6 -29.0 264 50 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 15 300 9628 -32.6 -56.4 8 23.8 -34.3 253 65 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 16 250 10891 -40.2 -62.6 7 22.4 -41.2 253 75 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 17 200 12378 -50.8 -66.7 13 15.9 -51.2 251 72 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14196 -63.8 -75.3 19 11.5 -63.9 252 62 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16644 -67.9 -81.8 12 13.9 -68.0 254 20 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.54 m Freezing level: 605.09 mb = 4356.08 m = 14291.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.81 mb = 4211.68 m = 13817.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.96 % Est. max temperature: 16.20 C = 61.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.29 mb = 3126.66 m = 10257.95 ft T: 8.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 623.44 mb = 4112.19 m = 13491.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.46 C = 58.03 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.81 mb = 3852.22 m = 12638.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.81 mb = 4845.68 m = 15897.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 548.81 mb = 5129.51 m = 16828.91 ft B at Equ Level: 25.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 498.81 mb = 5876.69 m = 19280.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.3 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 294.3 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 49.27 m/s