MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 153 1 950 590 2 900 1051 3 850 1541 4 800 2061 5 750 2617 SFC 726 2898 22.4 -6.1 14 28.5 7.6 339 5 323.9 324.6 293.1 335.1 3.34 7 700 3207 17.2 -7.7 17 24.9 4.9 342 5 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.7 3.06 8 650 3831 11.0 -9.2 23 20.2 1.5 340 6 321.4 322.0 292.0 331.1 2.93 9 600 4490 4.6 -10.5 33 15.1 -2.1 338 5 321.4 322.0 292.0 331.0 2.87 10 550 5190 -2.1 -12.0 46 10.0 -6.2 337 4 321.6 322.2 291.9 330.9 2.76 11 500 5938 -8.6 -16.8 52 8.2 -11.5 336 4 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.6 2.06 12 450 6744 -15.1 -23.1 51 7.9 -17.3 4 3 324.2 324.5 291.4 328.9 1.33 13 400 7621 -22.5 -30.6 48 8.1 -24.1 10 4 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.4 0.75 14 350 8586 -30.0 -42.1 30 12.1 -31.3 312 9 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.27 15 300 9667 -36.4 -51.0 21 14.6 -37.4 297 27 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.12 16 250 10908 -44.9 -57.0 25 12.1 -45.4 289 39 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 17 200 12378 -51.6 -69.4 10 17.8 -52.0 284 61 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14196 -62.2 -76.8 12 14.7 -62.3 291 40 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16658 -67.4 -82.9 9 15.5 -67.5 282 20 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.97 m Freezing level: 565.49 mb = 4972.78 m = 16314.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.76 mb = 4104.10 m = 13464.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.32 % Est. max temperature: 20.24 C = 68.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 473.85 mb = 6348.85 m = 20829.32 ft T: -11.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.44 C/km ThetaE index: 6.64 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 465.72 mb = 6481.27 m = 21263.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.21 C = 71.97 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 477.61 mb = 6288.32 m = 20630.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 412.61 mb = 7390.24 m = 24245.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.61 mb = 8736.06 m = 28661.26 ft B at Equ Level: 27.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 312.61 mb = 9378.54 m = 30769.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.3 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 6.3 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -0.8 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1154.80 Bulk Shear: 0.03 m/s