MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 39.33,-106.89 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 227 1 950 661 2 900 1117 3 850 1596 4 800 2102 5 750 2637 SFC 727 2896 5.5 0.6 70 5.0 2.9 122 3 305.3 306.3 289.3 322.0 5.49 7 700 3210 9.6 -0.7 49 10.3 4.1 133 1 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.4 5.19 8 650 3823 7.2 -5.3 40 12.6 1.1 294 2 317.1 317.9 291.7 329.9 3.96 9 600 4475 1.9 -9.9 41 11.7 -3.3 293 10 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.1 3.01 10 550 5169 -3.8 -15.6 40 11.7 -8.2 298 14 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.4 2.06 11 500 5915 -8.3 -28.9 17 20.6 -13.5 356 12 322.9 323.1 290.4 325.5 0.70 12 450 6723 -14.4 -32.4 20 18.1 -18.2 354 16 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.56 13 400 7603 -21.2 -39.1 18 17.9 -23.9 340 16 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.32 14 350 8574 -28.3 -46.4 16 18.1 -30.2 313 17 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.17 15 300 9661 -36.0 -54.9 13 18.9 -37.2 289 29 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 16 250 10902 -45.7 -53.1 43 7.4 -46.1 283 41 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.5 0.11 17 200 12362 -52.3 -67.7 14 15.4 -52.6 275 63 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.02 18 150 14184 -61.6 -79.3 8 17.7 -61.7 284 52 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16658 -66.9 -83.0 9 16.1 -67.0 314 8 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.35 m Freezing level: 583.71 mb = 4701.36 m = 15424.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.61 mb = 3980.09 m = 13057.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.20 % Est. max temperature: 17.90 C = 64.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.52 mb = 3529.14 m = 11578.39 ft T: 8.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 520.70 mb = 5597.53 m = 18364.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.31 C = 68.56 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6101.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 573.74 mb = 4832.31 m = 15853.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 358.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.90 Bulk Shear: 26.18 m/s