MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 142 1 950 579 2 900 1039 3 850 1526 4 800 2042 5 750 2592 SFC 718 2965 18.1 1.1 32 17.0 8.3 331 7 320.3 321.4 294.0 338.9 5.77 7 700 3176 14.2 0.3 38 14.0 6.4 326 7 318.3 319.3 293.3 336.1 5.59 8 650 3795 8.7 -2.0 47 10.7 3.0 313 6 318.8 319.7 293.1 335.1 5.07 9 600 4450 2.6 -3.9 62 6.5 -0.6 282 4 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.6 4.78 10 550 5146 -3.6 -6.5 81 2.8 -5.0 242 4 319.8 320.6 292.7 333.7 4.29 11 500 5891 -9.4 -12.1 81 2.7 -10.5 252 6 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.7 3.03 12 450 6698 -13.7 -29.9 24 16.2 -17.4 275 12 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.6 0.71 13 400 7584 -19.1 -41.8 12 22.7 -22.5 291 20 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.24 14 350 8562 -26.8 -44.4 17 17.6 -28.9 297 27 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.21 15 300 9655 -34.7 -52.5 15 17.8 -36.0 284 28 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 16 250 10903 -43.6 -59.4 16 15.9 -44.2 269 44 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 17 200 12375 -52.4 -67.9 14 15.5 -52.7 263 72 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14184 -63.3 -77.7 13 14.4 -63.4 274 60 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16638 -66.9 -82.3 10 15.4 -67.0 279 19 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.55 m Freezing level: 578.95 mb = 4742.87 m = 15560.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.67 mb = 4332.37 m = 14213.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.68 % Est. max temperature: 17.50 C = 63.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 555.66 mb = 5063.97 m = 16613.86 ft T: -2.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.29 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 548.14 mb = 5172.30 m = 16969.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.74 C = 63.93 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 555.87 mb = 5060.91 m = 16603.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 520.87 mb = 5571.08 m = 18277.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.87 mb = 6682.97 m = 21925.48 ft B at Equ Level: 20.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 390.87 mb = 7752.74 m = 25435.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.2 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 318.2 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.68 Bulk Shear: 7.99 m/s