MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 542 2 900 1001 3 850 1486 SFC 805 1950 16.2 6.6 53 9.6 10.4 151 6 307.9 309.3 292.0 331.2 7.63 5 800 1998 13.6 6.4 62 7.2 9.3 151 5 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.5 7.56 6 750 2536 8.7 5.0 77 3.8 6.6 156 4 306.1 307.4 291.2 328.2 7.31 7 700 3106 7.0 -0.3 60 7.3 3.2 263 6 310.2 311.3 290.8 326.9 5.36 8 650 3711 2.9 -5.6 53 8.6 -1.1 265 9 312.3 313.0 290.1 324.5 3.86 9 600 4353 -2.4 -10.8 52 8.4 -5.8 274 11 313.3 313.9 289.5 322.3 2.79 10 550 5037 -7.4 -16.7 48 9.3 -10.5 269 13 315.3 315.6 289.2 321.5 1.88 11 500 5772 -12.5 -21.1 48 8.6 -15.0 258 18 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.6 1.42 12 450 6567 -18.2 -22.1 72 3.9 -19.3 253 21 320.3 320.6 290.3 325.3 1.45 13 400 7437 -24.0 -24.9 93 0.8 -24.2 261 30 323.8 324.0 291.2 328.2 1.27 14 350 8399 -30.6 -30.8 98 0.2 -30.7 249 38 327.5 327.6 291.9 330.5 0.84 15 300 9473 -39.4 -39.5 100 0.0 -39.4 249 45 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.4 0.41 16 250 10693 -49.5 -49.7 97 0.2 -49.5 249 44 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 17 200 12133 -55.2 -66.1 25 10.9 -55.4 249 66 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 13954 -59.0 -75.2 11 16.2 -59.2 255 58 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16490 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.3 252 35 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.81 m Freezing level: 622.65 mb = 4062.29 m = 13327.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.78 mb = 3552.15 m = 11653.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.52 % Est. max temperature: 20.11 C = 68.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.19 mb = 3138.61 m = 10297.15 ft T: 6.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.09 mb = 3809.41 m = 12497.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.45 C = 68.81 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.07 mb = 3187.10 m = 10456.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.07 mb = 5063.92 m = 16613.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.07 mb = 7289.37 m = 23914.98 ft B at Equ Level: 40.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.07 mb = 8437.08 m = 27680.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: -4.1 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 40.80 m/s