MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 39.30,-106.86 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1032 3 850 1520 4 800 2037 5 750 2589 SFC 717 2967 18.2 -1.8 26 20.0 7.2 191 1 320.3 321.2 293.2 335.5 4.66 7 700 3176 16.0 -3.5 26 19.6 5.7 254 3 320.2 321.1 292.8 334.0 4.21 8 650 3799 11.1 -7.5 26 18.6 2.1 276 8 321.5 322.2 292.4 332.6 3.35 9 600 4459 5.0 -9.4 34 14.4 -1.6 285 12 321.9 322.5 292.3 332.3 3.12 10 550 5161 -1.5 -11.3 47 9.8 -5.7 284 14 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.1 2.93 11 500 5910 -8.4 -13.3 68 4.9 -10.3 272 13 322.8 323.4 292.3 332.0 2.75 12 450 6717 -15.1 -17.6 81 2.5 -15.9 248 15 324.2 324.7 292.1 331.5 2.14 13 400 7596 -21.5 -25.9 68 4.4 -22.5 228 18 327.1 327.3 292.0 331.2 1.16 14 350 8566 -28.8 -39.2 36 10.4 -30.2 236 20 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.3 0.36 15 300 9651 -36.6 -48.8 27 12.2 -37.5 253 26 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.15 16 250 10891 -44.8 -45.4 93 0.6 -44.8 254 34 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.26 17 200 12346 -54.8 -64.5 29 9.7 -55.1 258 40 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 18 150 14144 -64.1 -72.8 29 8.7 -64.1 265 41 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16615 -65.6 -83.6 7 18.0 -65.8 264 30 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.88 m Freezing level: 561.45 mb = 5000.11 m = 16404.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.50 mb = 4168.95 m = 13677.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.79 % Est. max temperature: 19.85 C = 67.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 530.87 mb = 5439.01 m = 17844.29 ft T: -4.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 4.25 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 488.67 mb = 6085.62 m = 19965.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.73 C = 69.31 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 502.21 mb = 5875.38 m = 19275.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 447.21 mb = 6763.45 m = 22189.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.21 mb = 8217.51 m = 26960.01 ft B at Equ Level: 12.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 327.21 mb = 9039.81 m = 29657.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 15.01 m/s