MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 178 1 950 615 2 900 1076 3 850 1563 4 800 2081 5 750 2632 SFC 727 2897 19.7 -3.4 21 23.1 7.3 326 5 320.8 321.6 292.8 334.1 4.08 7 700 3217 14.5 -4.8 26 19.3 4.6 327 4 318.5 319.3 292.0 330.9 3.82 8 650 3836 8.5 -7.5 31 16.0 0.9 324 4 318.6 319.2 291.6 329.5 3.34 9 600 4490 2.7 -12.5 32 15.2 -3.6 331 5 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.4 2.44 10 550 5186 -2.8 -17.5 31 14.7 -8.0 1 6 320.8 321.2 290.8 326.8 1.76 11 500 5933 -8.2 -25.2 24 17.0 -12.9 15 8 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.5 0.99 12 450 6741 -14.5 -31.7 22 17.2 -18.2 25 9 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.60 13 400 7620 -22.0 -36.9 25 14.9 -24.4 22 8 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.40 14 350 8587 -29.5 -44.0 23 14.5 -31.0 314 10 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.8 0.22 15 300 9668 -36.7 -52.5 18 15.7 -37.8 299 25 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 16 250 10908 -45.3 -57.1 25 11.8 -45.8 289 35 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.07 17 200 12375 -51.9 -68.7 12 16.8 -52.2 283 62 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14194 -61.8 -77.8 10 16.1 -61.9 297 46 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16660 -67.8 -82.8 10 15.1 -67.9 262 14 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.99 m Freezing level: 575.11 mb = 4836.42 m = 15867.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.91 mb = 3963.61 m = 13003.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.06 % Est. max temperature: 18.95 C = 66.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 513.87 mb = 5718.58 m = 18761.52 ft T: -6.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 7.60 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 480.47 mb = 6238.63 m = 20467.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.44 C = 72.40 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: 2.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5429.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 512.43 mb = 5740.68 m = 18834.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.6 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 25.6 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.04 Bulk Shear: 2.07 m/s