MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 141 1 950 578 2 900 1040 3 850 1529 4 800 2050 5 750 2606 SFC 727 2871 22.0 -1.2 21 23.2 8.9 327 5 323.3 324.2 294.1 339.1 4.83 7 700 3196 16.9 -2.8 26 19.6 6.3 312 5 321.1 322.0 293.2 335.7 4.45 8 650 3819 10.7 -4.3 35 15.0 3.0 291 5 321.1 321.9 293.1 335.1 4.29 9 600 4479 4.4 -5.5 49 9.9 -0.5 267 5 321.2 322.0 293.0 335.0 4.23 10 550 5179 -2.2 -7.0 69 4.8 -4.4 248 6 321.5 322.3 293.0 335.0 4.11 11 500 5927 -8.7 -10.1 90 1.4 -9.3 233 7 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.2 3.56 12 450 6734 -14.2 -23.0 48 8.7 -16.7 253 9 325.4 325.6 291.7 330.0 1.34 13 400 7616 -20.8 -36.6 23 15.8 -23.5 268 13 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.42 14 350 8587 -28.4 -42.0 26 13.5 -30.0 258 23 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.27 15 300 9675 -35.7 -47.8 28 12.2 -36.7 261 36 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.17 16 250 10922 -43.3 -57.4 20 14.1 -43.9 257 53 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.06 17 200 12389 -53.4 -62.9 30 9.5 -53.6 257 59 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.04 18 150 14202 -62.0 -76.8 12 14.9 -62.1 256 38 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16657 -65.9 -82.5 8 16.6 -66.0 276 15 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.00 m Freezing level: 566.59 mb = 4946.34 m = 16227.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.22 mb = 4380.03 m = 14369.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.23 % Est. max temperature: 20.22 C = 68.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 514.64 mb = 5700.17 m = 18701.11 ft T: -6.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.65 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 512.50 mb = 5732.95 m = 18808.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.99 C = 69.78 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 517.78 mb = 5652.54 m = 18544.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 502.78 mb = 5883.34 m = 19302.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.78 mb = 9158.55 m = 30047.38 ft B at Equ Level: 89.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.78 mb = 10580.87 m = 34713.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.34 Bulk Shear: 8.67 m/s