MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 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 135 1 950 572 2 900 1034 3 850 1523 4 800 2044 5 750 2599 SFC 727 2871 21.0 -0.9 23 21.9 8.7 299 4 322.3 323.3 293.9 338.4 4.93 7 700 3190 17.2 -2.5 26 19.8 6.5 300 6 321.6 322.4 293.4 336.4 4.53 8 650 3815 11.3 -4.2 34 15.5 3.3 306 7 321.8 322.6 293.3 335.9 4.32 9 600 4476 4.9 -5.4 47 10.4 -0.2 308 8 321.8 322.7 293.3 335.8 4.25 10 550 5177 -1.7 -7.2 66 5.5 -4.3 311 7 322.1 322.9 293.2 335.4 4.04 11 500 5926 -8.5 -10.1 88 1.6 -9.2 311 5 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.5 3.56 12 450 6734 -14.3 -21.5 54 7.2 -16.4 279 8 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.5 1.52 13 400 7616 -21.0 -37.1 22 16.1 -23.7 272 20 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.2 0.39 14 350 8586 -28.4 -40.7 30 12.3 -30.0 260 28 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 15 300 9676 -35.1 -50.9 18 15.8 -36.3 258 40 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.12 16 250 10924 -43.6 -55.3 26 11.7 -44.2 251 52 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.08 17 200 12388 -53.7 -65.8 22 12.0 -54.0 248 59 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14200 -61.7 -77.5 10 15.9 -61.8 250 40 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16667 -66.1 -82.5 8 16.4 -66.2 285 17 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.28 m Freezing level: 562.75 mb = 4998.10 m = 16397.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.08 mb = 4433.28 m = 14544.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.70 % Est. max temperature: 20.72 C = 69.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 523.42 mb = 5566.40 m = 18262.24 ft T: -5.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.39 C/km ThetaE index: 9.27 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 511.33 mb = 5750.07 m = 18864.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.27 C = 70.29 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 117.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 516.72 mb = 5667.62 m = 18594.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 501.72 mb = 5899.20 m = 19354.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.72 mb = 9181.79 m = 30123.61 ft B at Equ Level: 117.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.72 mb = 10876.89 m = 35684.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.16 Bulk Shear: 6.49 m/s