MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 39.35,-106.84 Latitude: 39.35 Longitude: -106.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 1 950 608 2 900 1068 3 850 1554 4 800 2071 5 750 2621 SFC 724 2921 18.7 -4.6 20 23.3 6.6 324 4 320.1 320.9 292.4 332.4 3.75 7 700 3204 13.7 -6.4 24 20.1 3.8 322 3 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.6 3.38 8 650 3820 7.6 -8.3 31 15.9 0.3 310 2 317.6 318.2 291.1 327.8 3.15 9 600 4472 1.3 -9.9 43 11.3 -3.6 294 2 317.7 318.2 291.0 327.5 3.00 10 550 5164 -4.4 -14.5 45 10.0 -8.2 286 3 318.8 319.3 290.7 326.4 2.27 11 500 5907 -9.1 -26.6 23 17.5 -13.7 320 6 321.9 322.1 290.3 324.9 0.87 12 450 6715 -14.0 -40.2 9 26.3 -18.5 331 12 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.25 13 400 7598 -20.3 -41.9 13 21.6 -23.4 322 13 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.24 14 350 8573 -27.2 -49.4 10 22.2 -29.4 302 17 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.12 15 300 9663 -35.7 -53.5 14 17.8 -36.9 284 20 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.09 16 250 10905 -44.4 -58.6 19 14.3 -44.9 264 35 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.06 17 200 12374 -52.9 -67.0 17 14.1 -53.2 259 60 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14190 -61.3 -78.8 8 17.5 -61.4 277 44 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16656 -67.8 -82.7 10 14.8 -67.9 254 15 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.34 m Freezing level: 588.47 mb = 4631.55 m = 15195.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.66 mb = 3862.32 m = 12671.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.76 % Est. max temperature: 17.03 C = 62.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 509.50 mb = 5760.64 m = 18899.52 ft T: -8.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 7.46 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.88 mb = 6350.91 m = 20836.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.25 C = 72.04 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: 2.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6271.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 510.97 mb = 5738.19 m = 18825.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.8 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 344.8 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.76 Bulk Shear: 2.96 m/s