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: 40.32,-107.8 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -107.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 556 2 900 1019 3 850 1512 4 800 2036 SFC 793 2116 23.2 5.3 31 17.9 12.3 235 14 316.7 318.1 294.1 339.1 7.07 6 750 2591 16.9 4.0 42 12.9 9.3 238 17 314.9 316.2 293.4 336.4 6.83 7 700 3173 11.3 2.6 55 8.7 6.3 241 18 315.0 316.3 293.3 335.8 6.62 8 650 3786 5.7 1.1 72 4.6 3.1 242 17 315.4 316.6 293.2 335.5 6.38 9 600 4435 -0.2 -0.7 96 0.5 -0.4 243 17 315.9 317.1 293.1 335.1 6.06 10 550 5125 -4.7 -7.7 79 3.0 -6.1 245 16 318.5 319.3 292.0 331.1 3.89 11 500 5872 -8.1 -13.2 67 5.1 -10.1 246 20 323.2 323.7 292.4 332.5 2.78 12 450 6684 -12.3 -23.4 39 11.1 -15.5 242 26 327.8 328.1 292.3 332.4 1.29 13 400 7573 -18.4 -30.2 35 11.8 -21.0 237 23 331.1 331.3 292.8 333.9 0.78 14 350 8555 -25.6 -53.3 6 27.7 -28.2 249 25 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.08 15 300 9653 -33.7 -55.4 9 21.7 -35.3 237 36 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.07 16 250 10909 -41.8 -61.8 10 20.1 -42.6 251 45 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.04 17 200 12398 -49.0 -71.4 6 22.3 -49.6 246 59 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14230 -61.2 -79.2 7 18.0 -61.4 248 42 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16697 -66.9 -82.4 9 15.5 -67.1 254 8 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.36 m Freezing level: 601.65 mb = 4413.20 m = 14478.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.28 mb = 4350.25 m = 14272.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.29 % Est. max temperature: 22.04 C = 71.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 607.67 mb = 4331.65 m = 14211.28 ft T: 0.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.64 mb = 4292.14 m = 14081.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.34 C = 72.22 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 614.40 mb = 4242.47 m = 13918.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.40 mb = 4442.59 m = 14575.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.40 mb = 5881.03 m = 19294.50 ft B at Equ Level: 38.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 419.40 mb = 7215.60 m = 23672.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.86 Bulk Shear: 2.47 m/s