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: 39.33,-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 150 1 950 587 2 900 1047 3 850 1534 4 800 2050 5 750 2600 SFC 727 2868 18.1 1.3 32 16.8 8.5 256 6 319.1 320.3 293.7 337.8 5.80 7 700 3183 13.4 0.4 41 13.1 6.2 255 9 317.4 318.4 293.2 335.3 5.61 8 650 3800 7.7 -2.0 50 9.7 2.6 260 11 317.7 318.7 292.8 334.0 5.08 9 600 4453 1.7 -3.9 66 5.6 -1.1 253 11 318.1 319.0 292.6 333.5 4.78 10 550 5147 -4.0 -6.2 85 2.1 -5.0 236 11 319.3 320.2 292.7 333.5 4.39 11 500 5891 -9.5 -13.9 71 4.3 -11.2 233 11 321.4 321.9 291.7 330.1 2.61 12 450 6700 -13.1 -38.6 10 25.6 -17.8 260 25 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.30 13 400 7590 -17.2 -27.0 42 9.8 -19.7 245 43 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.04 14 350 8577 -24.3 -26.0 86 1.7 -24.7 251 49 336.0 336.3 294.5 340.8 1.31 15 300 9683 -32.4 -33.4 91 1.0 -32.6 261 54 339.7 339.9 295.0 342.6 0.76 16 250 10940 -43.2 -44.6 86 1.4 -43.3 279 60 341.9 341.9 295.0 343.0 0.29 17 200 12407 -52.5 -66.4 17 13.9 -52.8 267 57 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14226 -61.6 -78.0 10 16.4 -61.8 263 59 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16690 -67.9 -82.1 11 14.3 -67.9 284 9 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.31 m Freezing level: 585.18 mb = 4658.73 m = 15284.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.81 mb = 4254.10 m = 13956.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.56 % Est. max temperature: 17.70 C = 63.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 564.62 mb = 4937.93 m = 16200.35 ft T: -2.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 4.29 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 554.88 mb = 5076.68 m = 16655.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.17 C = 64.71 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 565.20 mb = 4929.73 m = 16173.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 520.20 mb = 5582.24 m = 18314.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 480.20 mb = 6201.53 m = 20345.97 ft B at Equ Level: 12.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 450.20 mb = 6696.50 m = 21969.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 30.13 m/s