MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 39.30,-106.92 Latitude: 39.30 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 192 1 950 628 2 900 1087 3 850 1571 4 800 2084 5 750 2629 SFC 725 2910 14.5 2.5 44 12.1 7.6 291 1 315.4 316.6 293.1 335.3 6.31 7 700 3208 12.6 0.6 44 12.0 5.9 232 1 316.5 317.6 293.0 334.7 5.72 8 650 3825 8.2 -4.7 40 12.9 1.7 288 4 318.3 319.1 292.2 331.7 4.15 9 600 4479 2.5 -6.8 50 9.3 -1.9 320 7 319.0 319.8 292.1 331.5 3.83 10 550 5174 -4.0 -8.6 70 4.6 -6.0 330 7 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.2 3.63 11 500 5919 -8.6 -22.9 30 14.3 -12.8 64 3 322.5 322.8 290.8 326.8 1.21 12 450 6727 -14.4 -31.5 22 17.1 -18.1 342 6 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.3 0.61 13 400 7607 -21.5 -37.2 23 15.8 -24.0 339 11 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.39 14 350 8577 -28.7 -44.5 20 15.8 -30.4 348 8 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.21 15 300 9660 -37.0 -48.0 31 11.0 -37.8 315 7 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.17 16 250 10902 -44.3 -60.5 15 16.1 -44.9 280 31 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12367 -51.9 -67.8 13 15.9 -52.2 278 48 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14194 -61.3 -79.3 7 18.0 -61.4 283 44 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16664 -67.4 -83.0 9 15.6 -67.5 296 7 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.42 m Freezing level: 580.79 mb = 4746.35 m = 15571.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.74 mb = 4135.94 m = 13569.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.18 % Est. max temperature: 18.03 C = 64.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 604.33 mb = 4420.58 m = 14503.05 ft T: 3.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 8.51 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 541.80 mb = 5291.87 m = 17361.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.60 C = 65.47 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 559.97 mb = 5030.95 m = 16505.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 404.97 mb = 7514.75 m = 24654.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.97 mb = 8076.22 m = 26496.46 ft B at Equ Level: 13.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 324.97 mb = 9098.39 m = 29849.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.4 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 7.4 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.70 Bulk Shear: 5.07 m/s