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: 39.33,-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 164 1 950 600 2 900 1060 3 850 1546 4 800 2062 5 750 2611 SFC 727 2869 17.5 1.6 34 15.8 8.3 261 6 318.3 319.5 293.6 337.3 5.93 7 700 3192 12.3 0.8 45 11.5 5.9 253 7 316.1 317.2 292.9 334.5 5.81 8 650 3807 6.3 -0.8 60 7.1 2.5 244 9 316.1 317.2 292.7 333.8 5.56 9 600 4456 0.1 -2.3 84 2.4 -1.1 235 10 316.3 317.3 292.6 333.4 5.39 10 550 5147 -5.4 -6.9 89 1.5 -6.0 231 11 317.7 318.5 292.0 331.2 4.16 11 500 5890 -8.5 -25.1 25 16.6 -13.1 259 12 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 0.99 12 450 6701 -12.8 -45.6 5 32.8 -17.9 267 27 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.14 13 400 7590 -17.7 -42.8 9 25.0 -21.6 247 40 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.22 14 350 8576 -24.2 -37.8 27 13.6 -26.4 257 44 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.8 0.42 15 300 9680 -32.7 -32.7 100 0.0 -32.7 259 54 339.4 339.5 294.9 342.4 0.82 16 250 10935 -43.4 -44.0 93 0.6 -43.5 279 67 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.8 0.31 17 200 12404 -52.1 -67.8 13 15.7 -52.4 262 57 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14226 -61.3 -77.8 9 16.6 -61.4 256 59 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.01 19 100 16688 -66.8 -82.2 10 15.4 -66.9 295 10 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.00 m Freezing level: 598.76 mb = 4473.41 m = 14676.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.17 mb = 4253.62 m = 13955.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.45 % Est. max temperature: 16.21 C = 61.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 573.47 mb = 4815.12 m = 15797.46 ft T: -2.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 11.13 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 579.49 mb = 4732.25 m = 15525.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.16 C = 61.10 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: 0.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 583.20 mb = 4681.63 m = 15359.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.20 mb = 4888.43 m = 16037.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.20 mb = 5611.18 m = 18409.16 ft B at Equ Level: 18.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 468.20 mb = 6395.59 m = 20982.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 30.29 m/s