MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 40.22,-107.62 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -107.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 563 2 900 1026 3 850 1516 4 800 2037 SFC 773 2327 21.2 4.8 34 16.4 11.3 237 12 316.8 318.2 294.0 338.9 6.98 6 750 2590 17.3 4.2 42 13.1 9.5 240 15 315.4 316.7 293.6 337.0 6.89 7 700 3173 11.5 2.5 54 9.1 6.3 242 18 315.3 316.5 293.3 335.9 6.54 8 650 3787 5.9 0.8 70 5.1 3.1 243 18 315.6 316.8 293.2 335.4 6.26 9 600 4436 0.0 -0.9 93 1.0 -0.5 243 17 316.2 317.3 293.1 335.1 5.97 10 550 5127 -4.6 -7.0 83 2.4 -5.7 244 16 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.9 4.10 11 500 5873 -8.0 -13.8 63 5.8 -10.2 244 20 323.3 323.8 292.3 332.1 2.63 12 450 6685 -12.0 -22.9 40 10.9 -15.3 241 26 328.1 328.4 292.5 332.8 1.34 13 400 7576 -18.3 -31.0 32 12.7 -21.0 237 23 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.9 0.72 14 350 8557 -25.6 -54.8 5 29.2 -28.3 249 25 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.06 15 300 9656 -33.6 -55.8 9 22.2 -35.1 238 36 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.07 16 250 10912 -41.7 -61.6 10 19.9 -42.5 253 46 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.04 17 200 12401 -49.2 -71.1 6 21.9 -49.7 248 59 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14232 -61.3 -79.0 8 17.7 -61.4 249 43 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16697 -67.2 -82.3 10 15.1 -67.3 255 8 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.02 m Freezing level: 599.65 mb = 4440.73 m = 14569.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.10 mb = 4340.49 m = 14240.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.20 % Est. max temperature: 20.39 C = 68.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 605.55 mb = 4361.17 m = 14308.12 ft T: 0.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 7.04 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 605.96 mb = 4355.77 m = 14290.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.56 C = 69.02 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 610.85 mb = 4290.50 m = 14076.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.85 mb = 4490.97 m = 14733.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 505.85 mb = 5782.02 m = 18969.64 ft B at Equ Level: 25.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 445.85 mb = 6755.19 m = 22162.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.99 Bulk Shear: 4.30 m/s