MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 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 139 1 950 576 2 900 1036 3 850 1523 4 800 2040 5 750 2590 SFC 726 2869 17.6 -0.7 29 18.3 7.5 2 4 318.6 319.6 293.0 334.7 5.00 7 700 3174 13.9 -1.8 34 15.6 5.5 349 5 317.8 318.8 292.6 333.3 4.80 8 650 3792 8.2 -3.8 42 12.1 2.1 333 10 318.3 319.1 292.4 332.5 4.43 9 600 4445 2.0 -5.5 58 7.5 -1.6 324 13 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.1 4.24 10 550 5139 -4.3 -7.6 78 3.3 -5.8 315 13 319.0 319.7 292.2 331.7 3.93 11 500 5883 -10.1 -11.8 87 1.7 -10.8 299 11 320.7 321.4 292.0 331.0 3.09 12 450 6686 -15.2 -29.8 28 14.6 -18.5 303 12 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.6 0.72 13 400 7566 -21.1 -48.7 6 27.6 -24.3 300 20 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.11 14 350 8537 -28.0 -48.8 12 20.8 -30.0 296 28 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.13 15 300 9630 -33.7 -56.2 9 22.5 -35.2 298 42 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.06 16 250 10883 -42.6 -61.3 11 18.7 -43.3 278 50 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 17 200 12355 -52.5 -67.1 15 14.6 -52.8 266 58 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14167 -62.3 -74.6 17 12.4 -62.4 270 50 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16639 -66.1 -82.3 9 16.2 -66.2 282 19 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.50 m Freezing level: 584.26 mb = 4663.81 m = 15301.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.95 mb = 4151.86 m = 13621.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.26 % Est. max temperature: 17.62 C = 63.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 551.05 mb = 5124.21 m = 16811.51 ft T: -4.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.09 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 536.43 mb = 5334.35 m = 17500.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.30 C = 64.95 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 545.53 mb = 5203.14 m = 17070.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.53 mb = 5720.29 m = 18767.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.53 mb = 7016.60 m = 23020.05 ft B at Equ Level: 9.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 390.53 mb = 7740.01 m = 25393.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.7 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 336.7 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -5.7 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 18.64 m/s