MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 1 950 627 2 900 1085 3 850 1568 4 800 2078 5 750 2620 SFC 728 2868 12.0 4.6 60 7.4 7.7 253 2 312.3 313.7 293.1 335.1 7.33 7 700 3195 9.7 2.8 62 6.9 5.8 226 4 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.2 6.70 8 650 3805 4.4 0.2 74 4.2 2.2 246 8 314.0 315.1 292.5 332.9 6.00 9 600 4451 -1.4 -2.6 92 1.2 -2.0 258 10 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.2 5.28 10 550 5139 -5.5 -9.2 75 3.7 -7.1 268 13 317.6 318.2 291.4 328.8 3.47 11 500 5884 -7.9 -28.7 17 20.8 -13.3 267 15 323.3 323.5 290.5 325.9 0.71 12 450 6696 -12.1 -48.0 3 35.9 -17.5 260 26 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.5 0.11 13 400 7586 -17.4 -45.8 7 28.4 -21.5 246 37 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.16 14 350 8573 -24.1 -42.9 16 18.8 -26.7 259 45 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.25 15 300 9678 -32.7 -33.8 90 1.0 -32.9 266 59 339.3 339.4 294.8 342.0 0.74 16 250 10932 -43.7 -44.0 96 0.3 -43.7 275 70 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.3 0.31 17 200 12401 -52.0 -68.3 12 16.3 -52.3 259 56 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14223 -61.6 -78.5 9 16.9 -61.7 258 56 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16681 -66.7 -82.2 10 15.5 -66.8 266 14 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.69 m Freezing level: 612.13 mb = 4294.35 m = 14088.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.07 mb = 4133.74 m = 13561.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.53 % Est. max temperature: 15.25 C = 59.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.65 mb = 3797.23 m = 12457.94 ft T: 4.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.17 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 614.75 mb = 4255.15 m = 13960.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.92 C = 57.06 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.84 mb = 4162.63 m = 13656.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.84 mb = 4359.54 m = 14302.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 536.84 mb = 5328.44 m = 17481.54 ft B at Equ Level: 20.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 496.84 mb = 5932.54 m = 19463.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 46.47 m/s