MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 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 157 1 950 594 2 900 1055 3 850 1543 4 800 2061 5 750 2614 SFC 726 2897 19.3 -3.6 21 22.9 7.1 350 9 320.6 321.4 292.7 333.8 4.03 7 700 3202 16.6 -5.7 21 22.3 5.2 349 10 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.6 3.57 8 650 3826 11.3 -7.9 25 19.1 2.0 350 9 321.7 322.3 292.4 332.4 3.24 9 600 4486 4.9 -9.2 35 14.1 -1.5 349 8 321.8 322.5 292.4 332.4 3.18 10 550 5187 -1.8 -10.3 52 8.5 -5.5 342 6 321.9 322.5 292.4 332.4 3.17 11 500 5936 -8.6 -12.5 73 3.9 -10.1 326 4 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.4 2.94 12 450 6742 -15.3 -17.7 82 2.4 -16.1 282 3 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.2 2.11 13 400 7620 -22.0 -31.5 42 9.4 -23.8 249 2 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.69 14 350 8586 -29.4 -35.8 54 6.4 -30.3 289 8 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.0 0.51 15 300 9671 -36.1 -45.5 37 9.5 -36.9 292 31 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.22 16 250 10912 -45.4 -55.1 32 9.8 -45.8 286 41 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.09 17 200 12377 -52.1 -68.7 12 16.7 -52.4 278 60 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14192 -62.3 -76.9 12 14.6 -62.4 283 37 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16655 -67.2 -82.9 9 15.6 -67.3 310 22 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.48 m Freezing level: 563.50 mb = 4997.54 m = 16395.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4197.04 m = 13769.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.41 % Est. max temperature: 20.53 C = 68.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 513.93 mb = 5719.63 m = 18764.96 ft T: -6.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.21 C/km ThetaE index: 1.37 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 481.84 mb = 6218.71 m = 20402.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.65 C = 70.96 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 493.48 mb = 6035.90 m = 19802.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 438.48 mb = 6935.03 m = 22752.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.48 mb = 8616.93 m = 28270.43 ft B at Equ Level: 19.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.48 mb = 9250.43 m = 30348.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.2 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 354.2 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -2.0 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.96 Bulk Shear: 3.40 m/s