MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 36.29,-104 Latitude: 36.29 Longitude: -104.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 534 2 900 998 3 850 1493 SFC 813 1877 22.5 14.2 59 8.3 16.8 176 12 313.6 316.1 297.2 352.6 12.60 5 800 2019 21.1 13.2 60 7.9 15.7 181 15 313.6 315.9 296.8 350.7 11.97 6 750 2575 16.8 10.6 67 6.2 12.7 208 17 314.9 316.9 296.3 348.4 10.78 7 700 3160 13.3 6.0 61 7.3 8.8 247 20 317.2 318.8 295.2 343.7 8.41 8 650 3779 8.1 2.7 69 5.4 5.0 267 24 318.1 319.5 294.6 340.9 7.18 9 600 4434 2.3 -0.8 80 3.1 0.7 287 31 318.8 320.0 293.9 338.1 6.04 10 550 5131 -3.0 -5.0 86 2.0 -4.0 297 36 320.6 321.5 293.4 336.2 4.81 11 500 5879 -8.0 -10.6 82 2.5 -9.1 301 37 323.3 323.9 293.0 334.6 3.42 12 450 6691 -12.4 -17.9 64 5.5 -14.2 304 38 327.7 328.1 293.0 334.9 2.08 13 400 7583 -17.4 -35.4 19 18.1 -20.9 305 52 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.2 0.47 14 350 8568 -25.2 -45.3 14 20.1 -27.6 305 55 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.19 15 300 9666 -34.1 -51.0 17 16.8 -35.5 303 49 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.12 16 250 10915 -44.1 -56.2 25 12.1 -44.7 302 50 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.08 17 200 12373 -55.5 -63.2 38 7.7 -55.7 304 57 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14152 -67.2 -72.6 46 5.4 -67.2 307 60 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16589 -65.1 -83.1 7 18.1 -65.2 286 26 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.14 m Freezing level: 578.08 mb = 4739.49 m = 15549.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.82 mb = 4530.31 m = 14863.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.49 mb = 2927.05 m = 9603.06 ft T: 14.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 17.98 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.74 mb = 3692.84 m = 12115.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1336.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.62 mb = 3321.35 m = 10896.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.62 mb = 4013.73 m = 13168.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.62 mb = 13319.76 m = 43699.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1320.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.62 mb = 15928.85 m = 52259.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.7 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 319.7 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 293.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 6.91 Bulk Shear: 193.35 m/s