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: 39.33,-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 177 1 950 612 2 900 1070 3 850 1553 4 800 2064 5 750 2605 SFC 727 2868 11.5 7.0 74 4.5 8.8 272 3 311.9 313.5 294.0 338.7 8.70 7 700 3180 8.5 5.7 82 2.8 6.8 235 4 311.9 313.5 293.7 337.4 8.24 8 650 3788 3.9 3.0 94 0.9 3.4 222 10 313.3 314.7 293.4 336.2 7.32 9 600 4435 -0.2 -0.4 99 0.2 -0.3 225 25 315.8 317.0 293.2 335.5 6.21 10 550 5128 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 239 31 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.5 5.18 11 500 5876 -7.7 -8.2 96 0.6 -7.9 244 33 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.3 4.11 12 450 6689 -12.1 -12.8 95 0.7 -12.3 240 38 328.0 328.7 294.0 338.8 3.19 13 400 7580 -18.3 -21.0 79 2.7 -19.1 236 42 331.3 331.6 293.7 337.6 1.79 14 350 8562 -25.5 -29.4 70 3.9 -26.3 237 39 334.3 334.5 293.8 337.9 0.96 15 300 9663 -32.7 -44.8 29 12.2 -34.0 249 45 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.23 16 250 10927 -40.2 -66.0 5 25.8 -41.2 252 56 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 17 200 12416 -50.9 -67.8 12 16.9 -51.3 254 55 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14235 -62.2 -77.3 12 15.1 -62.3 254 38 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16679 -69.2 -82.6 13 13.4 -69.2 232 9 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.08 m Freezing level: 602.92 mb = 4396.90 m = 14425.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.49 mb = 4374.43 m = 14351.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.35 % Est. max temperature: 16.78 C = 62.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.27 mb = 3426.53 m = 11241.76 ft T: 6.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 3.24 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.41 mb = 3795.59 m = 12452.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.87 C = 55.17 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.81 mb = 3727.81 m = 12230.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.81 mb = 4043.18 m = 13264.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 549.81 mb = 5130.47 m = 16832.06 ft B at Equ Level: 20.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 459.81 mb = 6522.96 m = 21400.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 87.35 m/s