MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 186 1 950 622 2 900 1080 3 850 1563 4 800 2073 5 750 2616 SFC 734 2792 12.2 5.7 65 6.4 8.3 229 5 311.6 313.1 293.3 336.0 7.87 7 700 3189 7.8 4.2 78 3.6 5.7 230 5 311.1 312.5 292.8 334.0 7.42 8 650 3795 2.6 2.0 96 0.6 2.3 230 4 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.1 6.82 9 600 4439 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.3 199 8 314.8 315.9 292.6 333.1 5.79 10 550 5130 -4.3 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 234 20 319.0 320.0 293.0 335.0 4.95 11 500 5877 -7.7 -8.3 96 0.6 -7.9 249 31 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.2 4.10 12 450 6690 -12.2 -12.8 95 0.6 -12.5 249 34 327.9 328.5 294.0 338.6 3.18 13 400 7581 -18.2 -18.9 94 0.7 -18.4 241 37 331.3 331.8 294.0 338.8 2.15 14 350 8564 -25.5 -29.9 67 4.4 -26.3 241 37 334.4 334.6 293.7 337.8 0.92 15 300 9663 -32.8 -52.5 12 19.7 -34.4 253 47 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.10 16 250 10928 -40.0 -65.9 5 26.0 -41.1 255 54 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 17 200 12421 -50.2 -70.1 8 19.9 -50.7 258 56 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 18 150 14239 -63.8 -74.9 21 11.1 -63.9 268 45 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16679 -68.3 -82.7 11 14.5 -68.4 224 6 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.88 m Freezing level: 615.29 mb = 4242.20 m = 13917.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.76 mb = 4204.49 m = 13794.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.13 % Est. max temperature: 16.20 C = 61.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.48 mb = 3590.51 m = 11779.75 ft T: 4.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 2.91 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.86 mb = 3772.00 m = 12375.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.38 C = 54.29 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.36 mb = 3740.57 m = 12272.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.36 mb = 3928.00 m = 12886.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 579.36 mb = 4716.92 m = 15475.26 ft B at Equ Level: 8.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 539.36 mb = 5282.98 m = 17332.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.7 neg: -4.2 tot: 107.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 45.95 m/s