MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 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 188 1 950 623 2 900 1079 3 850 1560 4 800 2067 5 750 2604 SFC 727 2867 6.8 1.5 69 5.3 4.0 130 1 306.8 307.9 290.2 324.8 5.89 7 700 3178 9.5 1.4 57 8.1 5.0 235 2 313.0 314.1 292.2 331.9 6.05 8 650 3789 5.6 -0.7 64 6.3 2.2 247 6 315.3 316.3 292.5 332.9 5.58 9 600 4438 -0.2 -2.6 84 2.4 -1.4 256 13 315.9 316.9 292.4 332.6 5.27 10 550 5127 -5.4 -7.2 87 1.8 -6.2 263 20 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.7 4.04 11 500 5871 -8.8 -11.1 84 2.3 -9.7 251 23 322.3 323.0 292.6 333.2 3.28 12 450 6683 -12.0 -13.0 93 0.9 -12.4 254 38 328.1 328.7 294.0 338.8 3.14 13 400 7575 -17.4 -18.4 92 1.0 -17.7 255 41 332.4 332.9 294.4 340.3 2.25 14 350 8563 -23.7 -26.1 80 2.4 -24.3 253 39 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.6 1.30 15 300 9672 -31.6 -34.8 73 3.2 -32.1 250 54 340.8 341.0 295.1 343.4 0.66 16 250 10932 -42.6 -47.8 56 5.3 -42.9 254 60 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.6 0.20 17 200 12414 -49.5 -72.1 5 22.5 -50.0 269 55 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14237 -63.2 -77.9 12 14.7 -63.3 262 47 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.5 -82.7 11 14.2 -68.6 298 16 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.25 m Freezing level: 601.82 mb = 4413.89 m = 14481.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.89 mb = 4173.38 m = 13692.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.76 % Est. max temperature: 15.89 C = 60.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.95 mb = 3539.74 m = 11613.17 ft T: 7.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 585.16 mb = 4636.15 m = 15210.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.62 C = 60.11 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5446.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 609.39 mb = 4311.72 m = 14145.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 76.29 m/s