MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 180 1 950 615 2 900 1072 3 850 1554 4 800 2063 5 750 2604 SFC 727 2867 11.1 4.7 65 6.4 7.3 337 2 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.3 7.39 7 700 3177 9.1 1.2 58 7.9 4.8 353 2 312.6 313.7 292.0 331.3 5.98 8 650 3786 4.6 -2.6 59 7.2 0.9 353 3 314.1 315.1 291.6 329.5 4.85 9 600 4432 -1.0 -5.4 72 4.4 -3.1 112 0 314.9 315.8 291.3 328.6 4.27 10 550 5120 -5.6 -13.1 55 7.5 -8.5 324 5 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.8 2.53 11 500 5862 -9.7 -23.9 31 14.1 -13.7 290 10 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.0 1.11 12 450 6667 -14.6 -32.7 20 18.0 -18.4 268 17 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.54 13 400 7546 -22.0 -37.2 24 15.2 -24.4 268 22 326.4 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.39 14 350 8510 -31.0 -38.7 47 7.6 -32.0 261 26 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.39 15 300 9587 -36.5 -55.3 13 18.8 -37.6 260 40 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.07 16 250 10841 -40.2 -64.4 6 24.2 -41.2 246 77 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 17 200 12330 -50.3 -71.1 7 20.8 -50.8 247 86 353.0 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14157 -61.0 -78.5 8 17.5 -61.2 256 64 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16633 -66.3 -82.2 9 16.0 -66.4 255 17 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.11 m Freezing level: 609.17 mb = 4313.48 m = 14151.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.72 mb = 3927.45 m = 12885.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.61 % Est. max temperature: 15.35 C = 59.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.59 mb = 3665.86 m = 12026.94 ft T: 5.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 586.72 mb = 4608.95 m = 15121.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.89 C = 58.80 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.37 mb = 4360.02 m = 14304.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 370.37 mb = 8101.46 m = 26579.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 340.37 mb = 8704.74 m = 28558.52 ft B at Equ Level: 15.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 320.37 mb = 9127.73 m = 29946.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -13.1 tot: -6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 18.72 m/s