MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 181 1 950 616 2 900 1073 3 850 1555 4 800 2065 5 750 2606 SFC 710 3062 10.5 6.4 76 4.0 8.0 265 4 312.8 314.4 294.1 339.3 8.54 7 700 3180 9.0 5.9 81 3.1 7.1 243 4 312.4 314.0 293.9 338.3 8.35 8 650 3789 4.2 3.1 93 1.1 3.6 228 8 313.7 315.1 293.5 336.8 7.40 9 600 4437 -0.0 -0.2 99 0.2 -0.2 227 22 316.1 317.3 293.3 336.0 6.29 10 550 5130 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 237 31 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.6 5.18 11 500 5878 -7.6 -8.2 95 0.6 -7.9 241 34 323.7 324.6 293.7 337.4 4.12 12 450 6692 -12.2 -13.0 93 0.8 -12.5 240 37 327.9 328.5 293.9 338.5 3.12 13 400 7582 -18.3 -22.4 71 4.0 -19.5 236 41 331.2 331.5 293.5 336.8 1.59 14 350 8564 -25.4 -30.4 63 4.9 -26.4 237 39 334.5 334.6 293.7 337.7 0.87 15 300 9665 -32.5 -46.2 24 13.7 -33.8 250 45 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.4 0.20 16 250 10930 -40.3 -65.7 5 25.4 -41.3 252 55 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 17 200 12418 -51.0 -67.1 13 16.2 -51.4 254 55 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14237 -62.3 -77.3 12 15.0 -62.4 254 37 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16680 -69.4 -82.6 13 13.2 -69.4 230 9 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.74 m Freezing level: 600.50 mb = 4430.01 m = 14533.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.08 mb = 4408.54 m = 14463.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.75 % Est. max temperature: 16.16 C = 61.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.79 mb = 3567.33 m = 11703.69 ft T: 5.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 3.31 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.72 mb = 3956.33 m = 12979.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.85 C = 53.33 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 642.18 mb = 3887.26 m = 12753.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.18 mb = 4208.27 m = 13806.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 547.18 mb = 5170.16 m = 16962.25 ft B at Equ Level: 22.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 447.18 mb = 6739.08 m = 22109.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 83.79 m/s