MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 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 169 1 950 605 2 900 1063 3 850 1546 4 800 2057 5 750 2599 SFC 726 2868 11.8 6.9 72 4.9 8.8 262 3 312.2 313.8 294.0 338.8 8.61 7 700 3173 8.5 5.5 81 3.1 6.7 238 4 311.9 313.5 293.6 337.0 8.10 8 650 3782 4.0 2.6 91 1.4 3.2 234 11 313.4 314.8 293.2 335.6 7.11 9 600 4428 -0.3 -1.0 94 0.8 -0.7 251 21 315.8 317.0 292.9 334.6 5.92 10 550 5121 -3.6 -5.5 87 1.9 -4.6 253 28 319.8 320.7 293.0 334.7 4.62 11 500 5870 -7.2 -13.1 63 5.9 -9.5 255 30 324.3 324.9 292.7 333.7 2.80 12 450 6684 -11.9 -28.9 23 17.0 -16.2 258 31 328.3 328.4 292.0 331.1 0.78 13 400 7573 -18.7 -40.8 12 22.0 -22.2 254 35 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.27 14 350 8555 -25.1 -43.3 17 18.2 -27.5 241 36 334.9 334.9 293.3 335.8 0.24 15 300 9660 -31.4 -57.1 6 25.7 -33.3 250 48 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.06 16 250 10927 -39.5 -64.8 5 25.3 -40.6 248 58 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 17 200 12418 -50.8 -68.1 11 17.3 -51.2 249 55 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14237 -62.1 -77.8 11 15.7 -62.3 247 38 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16679 -69.9 -82.2 15 12.3 -70.0 216 12 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.37 m Freezing level: 603.10 mb = 4388.36 m = 14397.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.84 mb = 4310.37 m = 14141.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.65 % Est. max temperature: 16.73 C = 62.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.42 mb = 3478.94 m = 11413.70 ft T: 6.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 4.26 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.99 mb = 3881.98 m = 12736.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.23 C = 55.82 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 650.41 mb = 3776.70 m = 12390.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.41 mb = 4223.64 m = 13856.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 565.41 mb = 4901.24 m = 16079.98 ft B at Equ Level: 14.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 505.41 mb = 5785.28 m = 18980.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 65.52 m/s