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: 39.35,-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 180 1 950 615 2 900 1072 3 850 1552 4 800 2060 5 750 2598 SFC 729 2839 8.4 6.0 85 2.4 7.0 348 1 308.3 309.8 292.5 332.8 8.06 7 700 3170 8.3 3.9 74 4.4 5.8 345 3 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.2 7.27 8 650 3780 4.9 0.2 72 4.7 2.4 280 3 314.5 315.7 292.6 333.4 5.98 9 600 4427 -0.5 -3.1 83 2.6 -1.8 227 6 315.6 316.5 292.2 331.7 5.08 10 550 5116 -5.9 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 249 6 317.1 317.9 292.0 330.9 4.29 11 500 5860 -8.1 -25.5 23 17.4 -12.9 277 13 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.6 0.96 12 450 6671 -13.0 -38.9 9 25.8 -17.8 278 24 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.29 13 400 7554 -21.2 -37.9 21 16.8 -23.8 272 31 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.36 14 350 8524 -27.8 -51.6 9 23.7 -30.0 272 41 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.09 15 300 9620 -32.9 -57.7 7 24.8 -34.6 258 64 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 16 250 10881 -40.4 -62.9 7 22.4 -41.4 258 77 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 17 200 12365 -51.5 -69.3 10 17.9 -51.8 258 76 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14180 -63.5 -76.5 16 13.0 -63.6 266 68 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16639 -67.4 -82.0 11 14.7 -67.5 256 20 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.91 m Freezing level: 604.46 mb = 4369.40 m = 14335.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.59 mb = 4141.20 m = 13586.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.77 % Est. max temperature: 15.68 C = 60.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.98 mb = 3146.87 m = 10324.25 ft T: 8.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 612.99 mb = 4253.96 m = 13956.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.84 C = 58.72 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.49 mb = 3962.31 m = 12999.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.49 mb = 4826.51 m = 15834.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.49 mb = 5546.39 m = 18196.59 ft B at Equ Level: 35.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 470.49 mb = 6328.00 m = 20760.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -2.8 tot: 33.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 39.71 m/s