MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 131 1 950 568 2 900 1030 3 850 1519 4 800 2040 5 750 2596 SFC 723 2913 22.5 -2.4 19 24.9 8.6 272 2 324.4 325.3 294.1 339.0 4.43 7 700 3187 17.7 -4.5 22 22.2 6.1 287 2 322.0 322.8 293.0 334.9 3.91 8 650 3813 11.6 -6.4 28 18.0 2.7 306 2 322.1 322.8 292.8 334.1 3.65 9 600 4474 5.2 -7.9 38 13.1 -1.0 318 4 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.8 3.52 10 550 5175 -1.5 -9.3 55 7.8 -5.0 319 6 322.3 323.0 292.7 333.7 3.43 11 500 5925 -8.2 -11.4 77 3.2 -9.5 321 7 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.7 3.19 12 450 6734 -14.2 -19.7 63 5.5 -15.9 324 7 325.4 325.7 292.1 331.5 1.78 13 400 7614 -21.3 -28.1 54 6.8 -22.8 320 7 327.4 327.5 291.9 330.8 0.95 14 350 8585 -28.2 -36.1 47 7.9 -29.4 224 6 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.50 15 300 9673 -35.7 -42.7 48 7.0 -36.4 258 12 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.2 0.29 16 250 10918 -44.3 -57.9 20 13.7 -44.8 276 25 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 17 200 12386 -51.4 -68.4 11 17.0 -51.8 279 50 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14208 -62.3 -79.1 9 16.8 -62.5 289 40 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16669 -67.6 -82.9 10 15.3 -67.7 265 18 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.10 m Freezing level: 561.02 mb = 5020.63 m = 16471.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.44 mb = 4290.66 m = 14076.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.03 % Est. max temperature: 20.56 C = 69.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 498.29 mb = 5951.39 m = 19525.32 ft T: -8.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.44 C/km ThetaE index: 5.33 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 488.77 mb = 6099.39 m = 20010.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.73 C = 71.12 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 496.65 mb = 5976.60 m = 19608.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 441.65 mb = 6873.70 m = 22551.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.65 mb = 8754.97 m = 28723.31 ft B at Equ Level: 45.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.65 mb = 9865.43 m = 32366.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.2 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 338.2 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 23.88 Bulk Shear: 1.89 m/s