MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 153 1 950 589 2 900 1049 3 850 1535 4 800 2050 5 750 2598 SFC 710 3062 17.1 0.3 32 16.8 7.6 261 8 320.1 321.2 293.8 337.8 5.49 7 700 3181 14.2 -0.2 37 14.4 6.2 260 9 318.2 319.2 293.2 335.5 5.39 8 650 3800 8.3 -2.5 46 10.9 2.6 261 11 318.4 319.3 292.8 334.1 4.88 9 600 4454 2.1 -4.2 63 6.4 -1.0 253 10 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.6 4.66 10 550 5149 -3.9 -6.3 83 2.4 -5.0 237 10 319.5 320.4 292.7 333.6 4.34 11 500 5893 -9.6 -12.6 79 3.0 -10.8 235 10 321.3 321.9 292.0 330.9 2.90 12 450 6701 -13.0 -36.1 13 23.1 -17.6 260 25 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.39 13 400 7591 -17.1 -26.1 45 9.0 -19.4 246 42 332.8 333.0 293.6 336.9 1.14 14 350 8579 -24.2 -25.5 88 1.4 -24.5 250 49 336.1 336.4 294.6 341.1 1.37 15 300 9685 -32.4 -33.9 86 1.6 -32.6 261 54 339.7 339.9 294.9 342.5 0.72 16 250 10942 -43.2 -45.0 82 1.9 -43.3 280 59 341.9 342.0 295.0 343.0 0.28 17 200 12411 -52.5 -66.5 17 14.0 -52.8 266 58 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14229 -61.9 -77.9 10 16.0 -62.1 264 60 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16691 -67.8 -82.1 11 14.2 -67.9 284 9 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.07 m Freezing level: 582.22 mb = 4700.78 m = 15422.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.24 mb = 4262.01 m = 13982.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.73 % Est. max temperature: 16.39 C = 61.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 551.08 mb = 5133.04 m = 16840.46 ft T: -3.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.55 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 543.46 mb = 5242.14 m = 17198.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.76 C = 62.17 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 552.86 mb = 5107.22 m = 16755.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 517.86 mb = 5619.00 m = 18434.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.86 mb = 6240.56 m = 20474.03 ft B at Equ Level: 6.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 457.86 mb = 6568.51 m = 21549.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 30.25 m/s