MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 39.30,-106.92 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1556 4 800 2074 5 750 2626 SFC 725 2912 20.0 -3.6 20 23.6 7.3 337 5 321.3 322.1 292.9 334.5 4.03 7 700 3211 14.9 -5.1 25 20.0 4.8 349 4 319.0 319.7 292.0 331.2 3.74 8 650 3831 8.8 -7.1 32 16.0 1.2 358 5 319.0 319.6 291.8 330.2 3.45 9 600 4485 2.6 -8.9 42 11.5 -2.6 358 6 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.7 3.24 10 550 5180 -3.8 -12.2 52 8.4 -7.2 352 7 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.6 2.73 11 500 5924 -9.9 -17.0 56 7.1 -12.3 345 7 321.0 321.4 291.1 327.8 2.02 12 450 6727 -15.7 -25.4 43 9.7 -18.1 341 9 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.3 1.08 13 400 7606 -21.5 -39.4 18 17.9 -24.2 342 13 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.31 14 350 8575 -29.0 -43.9 22 14.9 -30.7 340 19 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.22 15 300 9658 -37.4 -46.5 38 9.1 -38.2 322 26 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.19 16 250 10888 -47.2 -54.5 43 7.3 -47.5 309 31 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.09 17 200 12335 -55.4 -64.3 32 9.0 -55.5 292 51 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14139 -61.0 -77.7 9 16.7 -61.2 291 46 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16623 -65.8 -83.1 7 17.3 -66.0 321 16 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.21 m Freezing level: 579.84 mb = 4765.54 m = 15634.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.36 mb = 4030.01 m = 13221.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.63 % Est. max temperature: 18.17 C = 64.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 508.87 mb = 5786.86 m = 18985.52 ft T: -8.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.15 C/km ThetaE index: 7.24 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 499.90 mb = 5925.48 m = 19440.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.66 C = 67.39 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5083.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 511.16 mb = 5751.83 m = 18870.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.2 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 14.2 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.37 Bulk Shear: 3.07 m/s