MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 165 1 950 601 2 900 1062 3 850 1550 4 800 2068 5 750 2621 SFC 728 2869 20.0 -0.0 26 20.0 8.6 313 4 320.9 321.9 293.8 337.9 5.24 7 700 3206 14.4 -1.4 34 15.8 5.8 291 3 318.5 319.4 292.9 334.4 4.95 8 650 3825 8.4 -3.1 44 11.5 2.4 245 3 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.5 4.67 9 600 4479 2.1 -4.9 60 7.0 -1.3 235 5 318.6 319.5 292.5 333.0 4.44 10 550 5173 -4.1 -8.5 71 4.4 -6.0 239 6 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.3 3.67 11 500 5918 -9.1 -17.1 52 8.0 -11.8 265 5 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.8 2.01 12 450 6727 -13.1 -36.4 12 23.3 -17.7 282 5 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.38 13 400 7611 -20.3 -36.3 23 16.0 -23.1 267 10 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.43 14 350 8584 -28.0 -44.7 19 16.7 -29.9 261 18 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.20 15 300 9672 -35.5 -51.8 17 16.4 -36.6 262 34 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 16 250 10921 -42.8 -58.4 16 15.6 -43.5 255 54 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.06 17 200 12391 -53.1 -61.7 35 8.6 -53.4 257 58 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14207 -61.2 -77.4 10 16.2 -61.4 274 36 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16662 -68.9 -82.3 13 13.4 -68.9 269 15 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.25 m Freezing level: 582.71 mb = 4718.88 m = 15481.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.19 mb = 4247.85 m = 13936.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.68 % Est. max temperature: 18.12 C = 64.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 539.84 mb = 5318.98 m = 17450.50 ft T: -5.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.69 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 538.48 mb = 5338.75 m = 17515.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.01 C = 66.23 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4267.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 546.10 mb = 5228.92 m = 17155.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.28 Bulk Shear: 3.63 m/s