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: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 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 176 1 950 612 2 900 1070 3 850 1553 4 800 2065 5 750 2608 SFC 727 2868 13.1 2.3 48 10.8 7.0 269 1 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.1 6.23 7 700 3184 9.8 1.8 58 8.0 5.4 240 3 313.3 314.5 292.5 332.9 6.24 8 650 3795 4.7 0.2 73 4.5 2.2 225 6 314.3 315.4 292.6 333.1 5.98 9 600 4441 -0.5 -1.6 92 1.1 -1.0 231 17 315.6 316.7 292.7 333.6 5.69 10 550 5133 -4.0 -5.1 92 1.1 -4.6 249 32 319.3 320.2 293.0 334.7 4.77 11 500 5881 -7.8 -9.1 90 1.4 -8.4 254 37 323.5 324.3 293.4 336.2 3.83 12 450 6693 -12.6 -13.5 93 0.8 -13.0 257 38 327.4 328.0 293.7 337.6 3.01 13 400 7583 -18.4 -19.2 93 0.9 -18.7 253 35 331.1 331.5 293.9 338.4 2.09 14 350 8566 -25.3 -28.6 74 3.3 -26.1 254 33 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.4 1.03 15 300 9666 -32.6 -43.7 32 11.0 -33.8 252 51 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.27 16 250 10930 -40.4 -60.1 10 19.7 -41.3 252 62 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 17 200 12421 -49.9 -69.9 8 20.0 -50.4 264 53 353.7 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.02 18 150 14243 -63.1 -77.7 12 14.6 -63.3 262 43 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16678 -67.6 -82.9 10 15.3 -67.7 297 6 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.41 m Freezing level: 604.52 mb = 4382.84 m = 14379.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.77 mb = 4231.65 m = 13883.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.49 % Est. max temperature: 16.46 C = 61.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 617.51 mb = 4208.88 m = 13808.48 ft T: 1.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 0.22 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.90 mb = 4495.83 m = 14749.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.20 C = 59.36 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: 2.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5634.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 611.88 mb = 4282.86 m = 14051.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 80.71 m/s