MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 38.97,-104.49 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -104.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 566 2 900 1028 3 850 1519 SFC 801 2034 21.4 8.6 44 12.8 13.3 192 7 313.9 315.6 294.7 341.4 8.81 5 800 2041 20.1 7.9 45 12.2 12.5 195 6 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.6 8.38 6 750 2592 14.6 6.2 57 8.4 9.5 232 3 312.4 313.9 293.6 337.0 7.94 7 700 3171 9.5 4.2 70 5.2 6.4 325 5 313.0 314.4 293.3 336.0 7.41 8 650 3781 5.4 -1.6 60 7.0 1.7 335 13 315.1 316.1 292.2 331.6 5.22 9 600 4432 2.6 -24.2 12 26.8 -5.8 337 26 319.2 319.3 289.5 322.3 0.90 10 550 5129 -1.7 -27.6 12 25.9 -9.0 344 21 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.7 0.72 11 500 5879 -7.4 -25.6 22 18.2 -12.5 344 17 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.4 0.95 12 450 6689 -14.3 -29.8 26 15.5 -17.9 344 19 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.72 13 400 7569 -21.3 -36.1 25 14.9 -23.8 337 18 327.3 327.4 291.4 329.0 0.44 14 350 8538 -28.5 -42.9 24 14.3 -30.2 323 13 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.25 15 300 9623 -37.4 -52.6 19 15.2 -38.4 319 11 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10853 -47.8 -55.9 39 8.1 -48.1 335 5 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 17 200 12290 -58.6 -61.5 69 2.9 -58.6 278 2 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14065 -63.8 -73.1 27 9.4 -63.8 295 24 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16545 -63.7 -83.9 5 20.2 -63.9 321 14 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.79 m Freezing level: 569.52 mb = 4857.09 m = 15935.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.63 mb = 3924.72 m = 12876.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.33 % Est. max temperature: 22.47 C = 72.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.05 mb = 3629.85 m = 11908.81 ft T: 6.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.06 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.98 mb = 4311.19 m = 14144.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 289.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.69 mb = 3671.75 m = 12046.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 483.69 mb = 6133.87 m = 20124.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.69 mb = 11287.57 m = 37032.27 ft B at Equ Level: 288.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.69 mb = 13160.09 m = 43175.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.2 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 8.2 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 59.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 6.03 Bulk Shear: 47.97 m/s