MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 177 1 950 612 2 900 1070 3 850 1553 4 800 2063 5 750 2604 SFC 718 2964 11.2 5.1 66 6.2 7.6 324 3 312.6 314.1 293.4 336.5 7.68 7 700 3178 9.2 3.6 68 5.5 5.9 341 2 312.6 314.0 293.0 334.7 7.10 8 650 3788 4.8 -0.5 68 5.3 2.0 295 3 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.4 5.68 9 600 4435 -0.6 -4.1 77 3.6 -2.3 246 3 315.5 316.4 291.8 330.4 4.69 10 550 5124 -5.5 -9.2 75 3.7 -7.1 271 5 317.6 318.3 291.4 328.9 3.47 11 500 5868 -8.2 -29.7 16 21.5 -13.5 281 14 323.0 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.65 12 450 6677 -13.6 -41.0 8 27.4 -18.3 285 22 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.23 13 400 7560 -20.5 -46.1 8 25.5 -23.8 296 22 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.15 14 350 8535 -26.6 -52.1 7 25.5 -29.0 308 25 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.09 15 300 9628 -34.7 -55.6 10 20.9 -36.1 275 38 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.07 16 250 10884 -41.0 -62.4 8 21.4 -41.9 264 72 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 17 200 12366 -51.4 -69.4 10 18.0 -51.8 259 76 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14182 -63.1 -77.5 13 14.4 -63.2 273 63 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16644 -66.6 -82.2 9 15.5 -66.7 270 19 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.66 m Freezing level: 605.29 mb = 4366.22 m = 14324.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.80 mb = 4081.42 m = 13390.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.95 % Est. max temperature: 15.05 C = 59.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 654.30 mb = 3733.33 m = 12248.31 ft T: 5.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 11.10 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.05 mb = 4407.03 m = 14458.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.78 C = 56.81 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 615.44 mb = 4229.20 m = 13875.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.44 mb = 4974.90 m = 16321.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.44 mb = 5406.46 m = 17737.52 ft B at Equ Level: 13.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 500.44 mb = 5860.81 m = 19228.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.5 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 322.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.6 neg: -1.4 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 19.82 m/s