MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 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 113 1 950 549 2 900 1006 3 850 1488 4 800 1998 5 750 2538 SFC 704 3063 10.9 -0.1 47 11.0 4.9 280 5 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.1 5.40 7 700 3110 8.8 -0.9 51 9.7 3.7 276 5 312.2 313.2 291.2 328.2 5.11 8 650 3717 3.0 -3.1 64 6.2 -0.0 268 7 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.1 4.68 9 600 4359 -3.0 -4.7 88 1.7 -3.8 262 8 312.7 313.6 290.9 327.0 4.51 10 550 5041 -8.3 -8.8 97 0.4 -8.5 252 10 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.7 3.59 11 500 5775 -12.9 -13.7 93 0.9 -13.2 257 19 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.1 2.64 12 450 6571 -17.6 -18.2 95 0.6 -17.8 255 29 321.1 321.5 291.1 327.9 2.02 13 400 7442 -23.9 -24.1 98 0.2 -23.9 247 33 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.6 1.36 14 350 8402 -31.6 -31.6 100 0.0 -31.6 242 36 326.2 326.3 291.4 329.0 0.78 15 300 9474 -39.7 -45.2 56 5.5 -40.1 250 38 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.23 16 250 10695 -48.5 -57.2 36 8.8 -48.8 244 49 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 17 200 12137 -55.5 -67.4 21 11.9 -55.8 246 68 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13947 -58.9 -74.9 11 16.0 -59.2 245 58 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16485 -60.2 -85.5 2 25.3 -60.4 248 44 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.39 m Freezing level: 624.67 mb = 4042.31 m = 13262.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.53 mb = 3710.69 m = 12174.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.88 % Est. max temperature: 10.93 C = 51.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 595.49 mb = 4418.01 m = 14494.60 ft T: -3.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 5.39 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.70 mb = 4521.40 m = 14833.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.03 C = 50.05 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 592.61 mb = 4456.07 m = 14619.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.61 mb = 4794.21 m = 15728.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.61 mb = 6281.17 m = 20607.26 ft B at Equ Level: 22.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 397.61 mb = 7485.55 m = 24558.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.4 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 280.4 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 36.80 m/s