MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 180 1 950 615 2 900 1073 3 850 1556 4 800 2067 5 750 2609 SFC 710 3062 12.1 1.9 50 10.1 6.3 228 2 314.5 315.7 292.8 334.1 6.21 7 700 3184 10.3 1.9 56 8.4 5.6 229 3 313.9 315.1 292.7 333.6 6.28 8 650 3796 4.9 0.1 71 4.8 2.4 223 6 314.6 315.7 292.6 333.3 5.95 9 600 4443 -0.5 -1.5 93 1.0 -1.0 233 14 315.6 316.7 292.7 333.7 5.73 10 550 5134 -4.0 -5.1 92 1.1 -4.5 249 31 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.8 4.77 11 500 5882 -7.7 -9.1 89 1.4 -8.4 253 37 323.7 324.4 293.4 336.3 3.83 12 450 6695 -12.5 -13.8 91 1.2 -13.0 257 38 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.5 2.94 13 400 7585 -18.2 -19.7 88 1.5 -18.7 254 35 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.3 2.01 14 350 8568 -25.4 -29.4 69 4.0 -26.2 252 33 334.5 334.7 293.8 338.0 0.96 15 300 9669 -32.5 -44.5 29 12.0 -33.8 252 51 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.24 16 250 10933 -40.5 -58.0 14 17.5 -41.4 251 62 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 17 200 12423 -49.9 -70.0 8 20.1 -50.4 264 53 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.02 18 150 14245 -63.1 -77.8 12 14.6 -63.3 263 42 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16679 -67.7 -82.9 10 15.2 -67.8 290 6 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.34 m Freezing level: 604.50 mb = 4384.44 m = 14384.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.92 mb = 4244.00 m = 13923.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.84 % Est. max temperature: 15.71 C = 60.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 609.19 mb = 4319.77 m = 14172.32 ft T: 0.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.58 mb = 4541.58 m = 14900.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.49 C = 56.29 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5214.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.19 mb = 4373.03 m = 14347.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 157.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 81.25 m/s