MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 181 1 950 616 2 900 1073 3 850 1554 4 800 2063 5 750 2602 SFC 726 2868 8.3 6.5 89 1.8 7.2 322 2 308.4 309.9 292.7 333.9 8.38 7 700 3174 7.8 5.4 85 2.4 6.3 285 4 311.1 312.6 293.3 336.0 8.06 8 650 3782 3.7 2.6 93 1.1 3.1 264 7 313.2 314.5 293.2 335.4 7.13 9 600 4428 -0.6 -1.1 96 0.5 -0.8 259 17 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.2 5.91 10 550 5119 -4.3 -6.1 88 1.7 -5.1 257 21 318.9 319.8 292.6 333.2 4.42 11 500 5868 -6.6 -24.2 23 17.6 -11.8 276 25 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.8 1.08 12 450 6682 -12.3 -37.7 10 25.4 -17.3 273 31 327.7 327.8 291.4 329.0 0.33 13 400 7568 -19.6 -41.7 12 22.1 -22.9 263 34 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.25 14 350 8549 -24.2 -53.2 5 29.0 -27.1 243 45 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 15 300 9657 -31.3 -56.8 6 25.5 -33.2 245 56 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.06 16 250 10926 -39.5 -64.0 6 24.5 -40.6 242 63 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 17 200 12416 -50.3 -63.9 19 13.5 -50.7 241 59 353.0 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.04 18 150 14239 -62.9 -76.2 15 13.3 -63.0 234 49 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 19 100 16679 -69.1 -81.9 14 12.8 -69.2 216 14 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.22 m Freezing level: 606.50 mb = 4344.10 m = 14252.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.35 mb = 4290.09 m = 14074.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.00 % Est. max temperature: 16.22 C = 61.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.89 mb = 3093.03 m = 10147.63 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 645.31 mb = 3840.48 m = 12599.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.83 C = 55.09 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: 2.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.09 mb = 3680.61 m = 12075.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.09 mb = 4386.69 m = 14391.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.09 mb = 5218.75 m = 17121.67 ft B at Equ Level: 23.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 503.09 mb = 5819.58 m = 19092.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 64.87 m/s