MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 39.40,-105.23 Latitude: 39.40 Longitude: -105.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 594 2 900 1054 3 850 1539 4 800 2052 SFC 768 2394 15.2 9.2 68 6.0 11.4 188 2 310.9 312.7 294.4 340.2 9.56 6 750 2597 13.7 6.7 62 7.1 9.4 33 2 311.5 313.0 293.5 336.8 8.21 7 700 3174 9.1 3.4 67 5.8 5.8 342 2 312.6 313.9 292.9 334.3 6.97 8 650 3784 4.6 0.4 74 4.2 2.4 286 5 314.2 315.3 292.6 333.3 6.09 9 600 4431 0.2 -3.0 79 3.2 -1.4 277 10 316.4 317.3 292.4 332.7 5.11 10 550 5124 -4.4 -7.1 82 2.7 -5.6 274 14 318.9 319.7 292.3 332.2 4.10 11 500 5868 -9.3 -11.4 85 2.1 -10.1 268 17 321.7 322.4 292.3 332.4 3.21 12 450 6675 -14.6 -16.1 88 1.5 -15.2 262 20 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.1 2.42 13 400 7556 -20.5 -21.9 89 1.4 -20.9 263 22 328.3 328.6 292.8 334.1 1.66 14 350 8532 -26.9 -28.4 87 1.5 -27.2 244 21 332.5 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.05 15 300 9623 -35.4 -39.6 65 4.2 -35.8 243 33 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.1 0.41 16 250 10879 -40.8 -61.6 9 20.8 -41.8 251 72 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 17 200 12359 -52.2 -65.0 20 12.9 -52.5 254 77 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14178 -61.4 -78.8 8 17.3 -61.6 258 50 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16642 -67.0 -82.0 10 15.0 -67.1 248 17 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.85 m Freezing level: 597.76 mb = 4462.49 m = 14640.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.49 mb = 4185.84 m = 13732.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.22 % Est. max temperature: 19.48 C = 67.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.64 mb = 3142.55 m = 10310.07 ft T: 9.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 8.05 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.18 mb = 4034.29 m = 13235.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.00 C = 66.19 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.52 mb = 3726.56 m = 12226.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.52 mb = 4987.21 m = 16362.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 379.52 mb = 7940.22 m = 26050.29 ft B at Equ Level: 63.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.52 mb = 9633.91 m = 31606.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.4 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 296.4 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.4 neg: -10.8 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.24 Bulk Shear: 28.51 m/s