MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 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 214 1 950 649 2 900 1104 3 850 1584 4 800 2090 5 750 2625 SFC 728 2867 5.8 1.9 76 3.9 3.7 101 3 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.7 6.03 7 700 3198 9.4 1.2 57 8.2 4.9 91 3 312.9 314.0 292.2 331.6 5.99 8 650 3810 6.3 -1.5 58 7.7 2.2 105 3 316.0 317.1 292.5 332.9 5.29 9 600 4461 0.9 -5.4 63 6.3 -2.1 218 2 317.2 318.0 292.0 330.9 4.27 10 550 5154 -3.7 -17.8 33 14.1 -8.7 291 5 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.71 11 500 5900 -7.9 -32.6 12 24.7 -13.6 321 8 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.3 0.50 12 450 6711 -12.7 -36.0 12 23.3 -17.4 312 12 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.39 13 400 7598 -19.4 -38.7 16 19.2 -22.6 291 12 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.0 0.34 14 350 8574 -27.3 -45.3 16 18.0 -29.3 274 17 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.7 0.19 15 300 9665 -35.3 -51.6 17 16.4 -36.5 272 32 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 16 250 10912 -43.2 -55.2 25 12.0 -43.8 260 57 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.09 17 200 12382 -52.6 -65.1 21 12.5 -52.8 257 60 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14191 -63.5 -76.0 17 12.5 -63.6 262 51 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16646 -67.9 -82.2 11 14.4 -67.9 284 15 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.68 m Freezing level: 590.18 mb = 4596.86 m = 15081.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.43 mb = 4136.57 m = 13571.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.72 % Est. max temperature: 17.50 C = 63.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.26 mb = 3362.10 m = 11030.39 ft T: 8.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 560.74 mb = 4999.56 m = 16402.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.30 C = 64.94 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: 2.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5405.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 604.71 mb = 4397.15 m = 14426.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.6 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 323.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.43 Bulk Shear: 18.68 m/s