MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 39.28,-106.89 Latitude: 39.28 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 180 1 950 615 2 900 1071 3 850 1552 4 800 2060 5 750 2598 SFC 718 2964 7.9 5.3 83 2.7 6.4 335 1 309.1 310.5 292.5 332.9 7.80 7 700 3170 8.5 3.9 73 4.6 5.8 338 2 311.9 313.2 292.9 334.3 7.25 8 650 3780 5.0 -0.1 70 5.1 2.3 278 3 314.7 315.8 292.6 333.2 5.87 9 600 4427 -0.4 -3.2 82 2.8 -1.8 230 5 315.6 316.6 292.2 331.7 5.05 10 550 5116 -5.8 -6.3 96 0.6 -6.0 249 5 317.2 318.1 292.0 331.2 4.33 11 500 5860 -8.0 -25.6 23 17.6 -12.9 276 14 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.7 0.95 12 450 6672 -13.0 -39.0 9 26.0 -17.8 278 24 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.29 13 400 7554 -21.1 -38.5 19 17.4 -23.8 273 30 327.6 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.34 14 350 8525 -27.6 -51.4 9 23.8 -29.8 272 43 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 15 300 9622 -32.8 -57.4 7 24.5 -34.5 258 64 339.1 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 16 250 10884 -40.5 -62.6 8 22.1 -41.5 258 77 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 17 200 12367 -51.4 -69.4 10 18.0 -51.8 258 74 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14182 -63.6 -75.8 17 12.2 -63.7 266 67 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16639 -67.6 -82.0 11 14.4 -67.7 257 20 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.42 m Freezing level: 603.73 mb = 4378.99 m = 14366.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.90 mb = 4137.16 m = 13573.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.74 % Est. max temperature: 14.85 C = 58.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.11 mb = 3298.96 m = 10823.24 ft T: 7.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 604.49 mb = 4366.91 m = 14326.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.84 C = 56.91 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 622.46 mb = 4129.86 m = 13549.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.46 mb = 4868.86 m = 15973.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 527.46 mb = 5442.96 m = 17857.27 ft B at Equ Level: 26.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 487.46 mb = 6055.79 m = 19867.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 36.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 41.40 m/s