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: 39.37,-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 1 950 621 2 900 1077 3 850 1557 4 800 2064 5 750 2601 SFC 733 2790 7.4 4.9 84 2.5 5.9 51 1 306.6 308.0 291.5 329.1 7.42 7 700 3172 8.7 1.3 60 7.4 4.6 356 2 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.8 6.01 8 650 3782 4.5 -2.1 62 6.6 1.1 10 2 314.1 315.0 291.7 330.1 5.06 9 600 4427 -1.3 -4.1 82 2.8 -2.6 72 1 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.6 4.72 10 550 5114 -6.6 -7.8 91 1.2 -7.2 124 1 316.2 317.0 291.3 328.6 3.85 11 500 5855 -9.6 -23.1 32 13.5 -13.5 288 9 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.5 1.19 12 450 6662 -14.1 -34.6 16 20.5 -18.2 269 15 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.2 0.45 13 400 7543 -21.6 -36.9 24 15.3 -24.1 259 20 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.40 14 350 8509 -29.8 -39.5 38 9.7 -31.0 255 32 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.35 15 300 9595 -34.6 -54.0 12 19.4 -36.0 243 69 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 16 250 10852 -40.6 -62.8 7 22.2 -41.6 242 86 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.03 17 200 12338 -50.9 -64.5 18 13.6 -51.2 244 84 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.03 18 150 14161 -61.4 -78.9 8 17.5 -61.6 257 60 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16633 -66.4 -82.2 9 15.8 -66.5 259 17 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.71 m Freezing level: 611.25 mb = 4281.94 m = 14048.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.89 mb = 3971.26 m = 13028.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.50 % Est. max temperature: 15.22 C = 59.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.38 mb = 3108.74 m = 10199.17 ft T: 8.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 600.00 mb = 4427.19 m = 14524.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.72 C = 58.50 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 620.67 mb = 4153.96 m = 13628.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 555.67 mb = 5033.35 m = 16513.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 535.67 mb = 5319.54 m = 17452.36 ft B at Equ Level: 32.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 485.67 mb = 6077.77 m = 19939.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.2 neg: -2.7 tot: 26.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 19.85 m/s