MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 149 1 950 586 2 900 1045 3 850 1531 4 800 2045 5 750 2593 SFC 726 2867 16.5 1.3 36 15.2 7.9 349 6 317.4 318.5 293.3 335.9 5.81 7 700 3175 13.5 -1.4 36 14.9 5.5 330 7 317.4 318.4 292.6 333.2 4.94 8 650 3792 7.7 -3.4 45 11.1 2.0 301 7 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.4 4.58 9 600 4445 1.7 -5.3 60 7.0 -1.7 281 9 318.1 319.0 292.3 332.0 4.30 10 550 5138 -4.4 -7.7 77 3.3 -5.8 274 10 318.9 319.7 292.2 331.6 3.90 11 500 5881 -10.4 -11.2 93 0.9 -10.7 280 10 320.4 321.0 292.0 331.1 3.24 12 450 6683 -16.3 -19.4 77 3.1 -17.2 288 13 322.8 323.2 291.5 329.1 1.83 13 400 7559 -22.5 -33.4 36 10.9 -24.4 282 21 325.8 325.9 291.1 327.9 0.57 14 350 8525 -29.1 -42.8 26 13.7 -30.7 289 28 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.25 15 300 9609 -36.7 -52.3 18 15.6 -37.7 283 39 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 16 250 10860 -41.9 -61.4 10 19.6 -42.7 276 58 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 17 200 12335 -51.8 -66.8 15 15.0 -52.2 269 63 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14151 -62.1 -75.1 16 13.1 -62.2 267 55 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16632 -65.7 -82.2 8 16.5 -65.9 272 22 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.89 m Freezing level: 585.79 mb = 4641.85 m = 15228.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.75 mb = 4141.22 m = 13586.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.60 % Est. max temperature: 17.50 C = 63.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 577.76 mb = 4745.76 m = 15569.90 ft T: -0.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.81 C/km ThetaE index: 8.07 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 544.34 mb = 5219.14 m = 17122.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.02 C = 64.43 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 555.23 mb = 5063.02 m = 16610.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 520.23 mb = 5572.18 m = 18281.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 340.23 mb = 8724.00 m = 28621.68 ft B at Equ Level: 91.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.23 mb = 10076.51 m = 33059.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.90 Bulk Shear: 15.88 m/s