MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 158 1 950 595 2 900 1056 3 850 1545 4 800 2064 5 750 2617 SFC 725 2912 20.8 -1.5 22 22.3 8.4 293 4 322.3 323.3 293.8 337.9 4.75 7 700 3205 15.8 -2.9 28 18.7 5.8 294 4 320.0 320.8 292.9 334.4 4.43 8 650 3826 9.6 -4.7 36 14.3 2.4 304 4 319.9 320.7 292.6 333.4 4.16 9 600 4483 3.3 -6.1 50 9.4 -1.3 314 3 319.9 320.7 292.6 333.1 4.03 10 550 5180 -3.2 -8.1 69 4.8 -5.4 323 2 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.6 3.79 11 500 5926 -8.9 -15.5 58 6.7 -11.3 307 2 322.2 322.7 291.7 329.9 2.28 12 450 6732 -14.4 -30.1 25 15.7 -18.0 336 6 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.70 13 400 7613 -21.4 -37.6 22 16.2 -23.9 341 7 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.38 14 350 8582 -29.0 -44.4 21 15.4 -30.6 325 3 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.21 15 300 9665 -36.8 -46.2 37 9.4 -37.5 277 8 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.20 16 250 10908 -44.2 -60.5 15 16.3 -44.8 281 30 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.04 17 200 12376 -51.2 -69.0 10 17.9 -51.5 277 51 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14203 -61.7 -79.3 8 17.6 -61.9 284 38 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16666 -67.9 -83.0 10 15.2 -68.0 271 13 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.77 m Freezing level: 574.82 mb = 4833.78 m = 15858.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.47 mb = 4247.33 m = 13934.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.37 % Est. max temperature: 18.78 C = 65.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 519.27 mb = 5629.82 m = 18470.32 ft T: -6.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.07 C/km ThetaE index: 10.22 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 513.67 mb = 5714.70 m = 18748.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.21 C = 68.37 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 523.60 mb = 5564.85 m = 18257.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 438.60 mb = 6924.16 m = 22716.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.60 mb = 9242.16 m = 30321.67 ft B at Equ Level: 48.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.60 mb = 10169.52 m = 33364.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.8 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 354.8 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -39.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -1.0 tot: -0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.6 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 87.94 Bulk Shear: 0.58 m/s