MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 605 2 900 1065 3 850 1550 4 800 2064 5 750 2611 SFC 711 3062 15.9 0.8 36 15.1 7.3 261 6 318.7 319.8 293.6 337.0 5.71 7 700 3191 12.8 0.4 43 12.3 5.9 255 6 316.6 317.7 292.9 334.6 5.65 8 650 3807 6.8 -1.4 56 8.2 2.5 248 8 316.6 317.7 292.7 333.6 5.32 9 600 4457 0.5 -2.9 78 3.4 -1.2 239 9 316.7 317.7 292.6 333.2 5.15 10 550 5148 -5.3 -6.4 91 1.2 -5.8 235 10 317.8 318.7 292.2 331.7 4.30 11 500 5891 -8.8 -22.6 32 13.8 -12.9 261 12 322.3 322.6 290.7 326.7 1.25 12 450 6702 -12.5 -45.9 4 33.4 -17.7 266 28 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.14 13 400 7591 -17.5 -39.7 13 22.2 -21.3 247 40 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.30 14 350 8578 -24.2 -34.8 37 10.6 -26.1 257 44 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.3 0.57 15 300 9683 -32.8 -32.8 100 0.0 -32.8 259 53 339.2 339.3 294.8 342.2 0.81 16 250 10937 -43.3 -44.4 90 1.0 -43.4 281 67 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.8 0.30 17 200 12407 -52.1 -67.6 14 15.4 -52.5 262 57 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14228 -61.6 -77.7 10 16.1 -61.7 256 59 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16688 -67.0 -82.1 10 15.2 -67.1 293 11 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.51 m Freezing level: 595.55 mb = 4518.54 m = 14824.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.53 mb = 4236.28 m = 13898.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.98 % Est. max temperature: 14.90 C = 58.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 566.21 mb = 4917.57 m = 16133.56 ft T: -3.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 569.43 mb = 4872.43 m = 15985.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.73 C = 58.51 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 574.32 mb = 4804.60 m = 15762.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.32 mb = 5014.83 m = 16452.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.32 mb = 5595.50 m = 18357.73 ft B at Equ Level: 6.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 489.32 mb = 6057.09 m = 19872.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.3 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 284.3 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 35.82 m/s