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 the city database file for: KASE ... 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: KASE 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 172 1 950 607 2 900 1065 3 850 1547 4 800 2057 5 750 2598 SFC 709 3061 10.7 5.9 72 4.8 7.8 260 3 313.2 314.7 294.0 338.7 8.24 7 700 3173 9.2 5.3 77 3.9 6.9 246 4 312.6 314.2 293.7 337.5 8.01 8 650 3783 4.3 2.5 88 1.9 3.3 239 9 313.9 315.2 293.3 335.9 7.05 9 600 4430 -0.3 -0.9 95 0.7 -0.6 251 20 315.8 316.9 293.0 334.7 5.97 10 550 5122 -3.6 -5.7 85 2.1 -4.6 255 29 319.8 320.6 292.9 334.5 4.54 11 500 5871 -7.1 -13.6 60 6.4 -9.6 256 31 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.4 2.69 12 450 6685 -11.8 -29.2 22 17.4 -16.1 258 31 328.4 328.5 292.0 331.2 0.76 13 400 7575 -18.6 -40.9 12 22.4 -22.1 253 34 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.27 14 350 8557 -25.0 -44.3 15 19.3 -27.4 241 36 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.21 15 300 9662 -31.4 -57.2 6 25.8 -33.3 251 47 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.06 16 250 10930 -39.5 -65.2 5 25.7 -40.6 249 58 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 17 200 12420 -50.8 -68.3 11 17.5 -51.2 249 54 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14240 -62.2 -77.7 11 15.5 -62.3 246 37 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16680 -70.1 -82.1 15 12.1 -70.2 217 12 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.85 m Freezing level: 602.97 mb = 4391.13 m = 14406.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.96 mb = 4323.11 m = 14183.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.50 % Est. max temperature: 16.01 C = 60.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.31 mb = 3665.55 m = 12025.95 ft T: 5.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 7.60 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.46 mb = 4080.71 m = 13387.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.19 C = 53.94 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.59 mb = 3976.49 m = 13046.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.59 mb = 4301.38 m = 14111.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.59 mb = 4843.64 m = 15891.01 ft B at Equ Level: 16.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 509.59 mb = 5721.65 m = 18771.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 66.03 m/s