MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 178 1 950 614 2 900 1072 3 850 1555 4 800 2067 5 750 2610 SFC 710 3063 12.7 4.3 56 8.4 7.7 255 4 315.2 316.6 293.9 338.3 7.33 7 700 3187 10.1 3.7 65 6.4 6.4 246 5 313.7 315.1 293.3 336.1 7.17 8 650 3798 4.5 2.0 84 2.5 3.1 236 7 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.4 6.81 9 600 4445 -0.3 -0.8 97 0.5 -0.6 244 14 315.7 316.9 293.0 334.8 6.03 10 550 5137 -4.2 -4.6 97 0.4 -4.4 236 27 319.1 320.1 293.1 335.2 4.96 11 500 5884 -7.9 -8.7 94 0.8 -8.2 247 35 323.4 324.2 293.4 336.5 3.96 12 450 6696 -12.5 -13.7 91 1.2 -13.0 248 34 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.5 2.95 13 400 7587 -17.9 -22.6 67 4.7 -19.3 245 40 331.7 332.0 293.6 337.2 1.56 14 350 8570 -25.8 -28.1 81 2.3 -26.3 239 42 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.9 1.08 15 300 9668 -32.9 -46.3 25 13.4 -34.2 251 48 339.0 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.20 16 250 10934 -39.9 -65.8 5 25.9 -40.9 253 57 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 17 200 12425 -50.7 -65.4 16 14.7 -51.0 258 57 352.5 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.03 18 150 14245 -62.6 -76.5 14 13.9 -62.7 262 38 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16683 -68.8 -82.8 12 13.9 -68.9 257 8 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.62 m Freezing level: 603.49 mb = 4399.46 m = 14433.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.79 mb = 4340.26 m = 14239.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.67 % Est. max temperature: 15.59 C = 60.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 625.30 mb = 4110.74 m = 13486.53 ft T: 2.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 3.45 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.72 mb = 4235.47 m = 13895.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.69 C = 54.83 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: 0.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 623.41 mb = 4135.11 m = 13566.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.41 mb = 4465.61 m = 14650.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 548.41 mb = 5159.21 m = 16926.33 ft B at Equ Level: 8.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 498.41 mb = 5908.28 m = 19383.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 74.89 m/s