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: 39.37,-106.94 Latitude: 39.37 Longitude: -106.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 733 2790 7.1 1.7 69 5.4 4.2 121 2 306.2 307.3 290.0 324.2 5.91 7 700 3178 9.5 1.4 57 8.1 5.0 236 1 313.0 314.2 292.3 332.0 6.06 8 650 3789 5.5 -0.8 64 6.3 2.2 245 6 315.2 316.3 292.4 332.8 5.56 9 600 4437 -0.2 -2.7 84 2.4 -1.4 254 14 315.9 316.9 292.4 332.6 5.25 10 550 5127 -5.5 -7.3 87 1.8 -6.3 263 20 317.6 318.3 291.9 330.5 4.01 11 500 5870 -8.9 -11.3 82 2.5 -9.9 251 23 322.2 322.8 292.5 332.9 3.21 12 450 6682 -12.0 -13.0 92 1.0 -12.4 254 38 328.1 328.8 294.0 338.8 3.12 13 400 7575 -17.3 -18.5 91 1.1 -17.7 255 42 332.4 332.9 294.4 340.3 2.23 14 350 8563 -23.7 -26.1 81 2.4 -24.3 253 40 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.5 1.30 15 300 9672 -31.6 -34.7 74 3.1 -32.1 249 55 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.3 0.67 16 250 10931 -42.6 -47.8 57 5.2 -43.0 254 60 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.5 0.20 17 200 12414 -49.5 -72.0 5 22.5 -50.0 268 56 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14237 -63.2 -77.9 12 14.8 -63.3 261 47 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16671 -68.5 -82.8 11 14.3 -68.6 298 16 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.89 m Freezing level: 601.88 mb = 4412.96 m = 14478.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4171.14 m = 13684.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.09 % Est. max temperature: 16.42 C = 61.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.60 mb = 3470.45 m = 11385.86 ft T: 7.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 586.23 mb = 4621.43 m = 15161.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.33 C = 61.40 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6032.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 613.88 mb = 4252.18 m = 13950.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 51.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 77.46 m/s