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: 39.33,-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 170 1 950 606 2 900 1065 3 850 1550 4 800 2063 5 750 2609 SFC 727 2870 14.8 4.4 49 10.5 8.6 274 5 315.5 316.9 293.9 338.2 7.22 7 700 3186 10.0 3.3 63 6.8 6.2 258 6 313.6 314.9 293.2 335.3 6.94 8 650 3797 4.3 1.9 84 2.5 2.9 237 8 313.8 315.1 293.0 335.0 6.75 9 600 4443 -0.6 -0.9 97 0.4 -0.7 237 12 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.4 5.97 10 550 5135 -4.2 -4.6 97 0.4 -4.4 229 26 319.1 320.0 293.1 335.1 4.96 11 500 5882 -7.9 -8.6 95 0.7 -8.2 245 36 323.4 324.2 293.5 336.6 4.00 12 450 6695 -12.6 -13.5 93 0.9 -12.9 246 35 327.4 328.0 293.7 337.6 3.00 13 400 7585 -18.0 -22.6 67 4.7 -19.3 242 40 331.6 331.9 293.6 337.1 1.55 14 350 8568 -25.8 -28.7 76 2.9 -26.4 239 40 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.8 1.02 15 300 9666 -33.2 -44.2 32 11.0 -34.3 251 47 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.25 16 250 10931 -39.9 -66.1 4 26.2 -40.9 254 57 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 17 200 12422 -50.6 -66.6 13 16.0 -51.0 258 58 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.02 18 150 14244 -62.6 -76.7 13 14.1 -62.7 262 38 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16682 -68.9 -82.8 12 13.9 -68.9 256 8 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.36 m Freezing level: 605.78 mb = 4368.80 m = 14333.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4309.32 m = 14138.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.71 % Est. max temperature: 16.31 C = 61.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.03 mb = 4165.23 m = 13665.28 ft T: 1.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 3.82 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.14 mb = 4189.84 m = 13746.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.26 C = 57.66 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 625.75 mb = 4104.01 m = 13464.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.75 mb = 4433.34 m = 14544.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 550.75 mb = 5124.26 m = 16811.68 ft B at Equ Level: 9.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 500.75 mb = 5870.50 m = 19259.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 65.28 m/s