MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 156 1 950 592 2 900 1051 3 850 1537 4 800 2052 5 750 2600 SFC 718 2966 16.7 2.4 38 14.3 8.3 313 4 318.6 319.9 294.1 339.0 6.36 7 700 3181 12.5 1.5 47 11.0 6.2 310 4 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.6 6.08 8 650 3796 6.5 -0.5 61 7.0 2.7 294 3 316.3 317.4 292.9 334.4 5.68 9 600 4446 0.4 -2.4 81 2.8 -1.0 266 3 316.6 317.6 292.7 333.6 5.34 10 550 5137 -5.0 -7.9 80 2.9 -6.3 268 4 318.1 318.9 291.9 330.6 3.84 11 500 5880 -8.8 -22.2 33 13.4 -12.8 295 10 322.3 322.6 290.8 326.8 1.29 12 450 6689 -13.5 -35.8 13 22.3 -17.9 290 15 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.40 13 400 7575 -19.1 -40.4 13 21.3 -22.5 301 18 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.28 14 350 8553 -26.7 -45.2 16 18.5 -28.8 293 26 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.19 15 300 9646 -34.8 -54.4 12 19.6 -36.1 282 34 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.08 16 250 10895 -43.0 -60.0 14 17.0 -43.7 268 52 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 17 200 12371 -51.9 -68.5 12 16.6 -52.2 261 75 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14183 -63.0 -78.0 11 15.0 -63.1 273 62 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16642 -67.2 -82.1 10 14.9 -67.3 275 20 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.66 m Freezing level: 596.42 mb = 4495.05 m = 14747.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.80 mb = 4260.96 m = 13979.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.06 % Est. max temperature: 15.73 C = 60.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 579.49 mb = 4721.80 m = 15491.28 ft T: -1.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 12.15 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.18 mb = 4712.44 m = 15460.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.38 C = 59.69 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 585.06 mb = 4645.88 m = 15242.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.06 mb = 4852.17 m = 15919.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 500.06 mb = 5879.31 m = 19288.83 ft B at Equ Level: 16.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 440.06 mb = 6856.94 m = 22496.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 9.64 m/s