MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 30 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 186 1 950 621 2 900 1077 3 850 1557 4 800 2064 5 750 2601 SFC 726 2867 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.6 40 1 307.2 308.6 291.5 329.4 7.29 7 700 3172 8.6 1.5 61 7.1 4.6 357 2 312.0 313.2 292.0 331.0 6.08 8 650 3781 4.5 -2.0 62 6.5 1.2 7 2 314.1 315.1 291.7 330.2 5.08 9 600 4427 -1.2 -4.1 81 2.9 -2.6 81 1 314.7 315.6 291.6 329.7 4.71 10 550 5114 -6.6 -7.7 92 1.1 -7.1 146 1 316.3 317.0 291.4 328.8 3.91 11 500 5855 -9.5 -23.0 32 13.5 -13.4 285 9 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.6 1.20 12 450 6662 -14.1 -34.7 16 20.6 -18.2 268 14 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.2 0.45 13 400 7543 -21.5 -36.9 24 15.4 -24.0 259 20 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.40 14 350 8510 -29.6 -39.8 37 10.2 -30.9 255 33 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.34 15 300 9596 -34.6 -53.9 12 19.3 -36.0 243 69 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.08 16 250 10854 -40.6 -62.6 8 22.0 -41.6 243 85 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.03 17 200 12340 -50.9 -64.1 20 13.2 -51.3 244 84 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.03 18 150 14162 -61.5 -78.9 8 17.4 -61.7 258 60 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16633 -66.5 -82.2 9 15.7 -66.6 260 17 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.03 m Freezing level: 610.57 mb = 4290.56 m = 14076.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.36 mb = 3977.87 m = 13050.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.67 % Est. max temperature: 14.72 C = 58.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.71 mb = 3210.75 m = 10533.84 ft T: 8.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 595.90 mb = 4481.28 m = 14702.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.17 C = 57.50 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 614.96 mb = 4228.38 m = 13872.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 549.96 mb = 5114.98 m = 16781.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.96 mb = 5257.63 m = 17249.22 ft B at Equ Level: 27.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 489.96 mb = 6010.63 m = 19719.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.4 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 292.4 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 21.72 m/s