MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.3,-107.53 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -107.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 1 950 599 2 900 1059 3 850 1545 4 800 2060 SFC 778 2292 14.3 7.9 66 6.3 10.4 255 1 308.8 310.4 293.1 335.1 8.64 6 750 2606 13.7 6.9 64 6.8 9.6 316 5 311.5 313.0 293.6 337.3 8.37 7 700 3185 9.8 4.4 69 5.4 6.6 259 9 313.4 314.8 293.5 336.8 7.51 8 650 3796 4.8 2.1 83 2.6 3.3 257 15 314.4 315.7 293.3 336.0 6.89 9 600 4443 -0.4 -2.3 87 1.9 -1.3 257 15 315.7 316.7 292.5 332.8 5.39 10 550 5134 -4.5 -7.3 81 2.8 -5.8 256 13 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.8 4.03 11 500 5880 -7.9 -14.1 61 6.2 -10.3 254 18 323.4 323.9 292.3 332.0 2.56 12 450 6692 -12.8 -28.2 26 15.4 -16.6 246 24 327.2 327.3 291.7 330.2 0.84 13 400 7580 -18.5 -40.7 12 22.3 -22.1 247 23 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.27 14 350 8562 -25.3 -48.7 9 23.4 -27.9 254 33 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 15 300 9662 -33.7 -55.8 9 22.1 -35.2 256 41 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.07 16 250 10915 -42.0 -62.8 9 20.8 -42.8 264 54 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.03 17 200 12399 -49.8 -70.4 7 20.7 -50.2 256 66 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14238 -60.0 -79.3 6 19.4 -60.2 257 37 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16706 -68.0 -82.0 12 14.0 -68.1 256 5 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.21 m Freezing level: 603.45 mb = 4398.15 m = 14429.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.34 mb = 4251.79 m = 13949.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.56 % Est. max temperature: 20.01 C = 68.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.76 mb = 3092.08 m = 10144.51 ft T: 10.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 5.43 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.99 mb = 3895.79 m = 12781.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.67 C = 67.41 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.45 mb = 3614.25 m = 11857.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.45 mb = 4316.46 m = 14161.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.45 mb = 5733.72 m = 18811.19 ft B at Equ Level: 43.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 389.45 mb = 7776.12 m = 25511.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -9.8 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 29.55 m/s