MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 156 1 950 592 2 900 1052 3 850 1537 4 800 2052 5 750 2600 SFC 727 2869 17.2 0.2 31 17.1 7.7 321 4 318.2 319.2 293.2 335.3 5.34 7 700 3181 12.0 -1.2 40 13.2 4.9 327 4 315.8 316.7 292.2 331.7 5.00 8 650 3795 6.0 -3.2 52 9.2 1.4 332 4 315.8 316.7 291.9 330.6 4.65 9 600 4443 -0.1 -5.0 70 4.9 -2.4 334 5 316.0 316.8 291.7 330.1 4.40 10 550 5132 -5.9 -9.1 78 3.3 -7.2 333 6 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.4 3.48 11 500 5872 -11.1 -16.9 62 5.8 -13.0 286 7 319.5 319.9 290.6 326.3 2.03 12 450 6674 -15.4 -30.5 26 15.1 -18.7 274 19 323.8 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.67 13 400 7550 -22.6 -35.9 29 13.3 -24.8 269 21 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.2 0.44 14 350 8515 -30.0 -45.7 20 15.7 -31.5 280 26 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.18 15 300 9595 -37.1 -56.4 12 19.3 -38.2 281 35 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.06 16 250 10842 -41.1 -63.0 8 21.9 -42.1 263 59 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 17 200 12327 -50.9 -68.4 11 17.5 -51.3 258 70 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14149 -61.3 -75.5 13 14.3 -61.4 260 56 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16632 -65.8 -82.3 8 16.5 -65.9 252 20 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.20 m Freezing level: 600.83 mb = 4432.39 m = 14541.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.05 mb = 4021.61 m = 13194.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.55 % Est. max temperature: 15.74 C = 60.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 562.03 mb = 4961.08 m = 16276.31 ft T: -4.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.55 mb = 4981.96 m = 16344.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.07 C = 60.92 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 566.42 mb = 4899.39 m = 16073.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 541.42 mb = 5254.39 m = 17238.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.42 mb = 6483.08 m = 21269.67 ft B at Equ Level: 23.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.42 mb = 9333.35 m = 30620.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.8 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 313.8 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -2.6 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 14.40 m/s