MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.81,-104.47 Latitude: 38.81 Longitude: -104.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 542 2 900 1002 3 850 1490 SFC 813 1870 18.1 9.2 56 8.9 12.5 171 6 309.0 310.7 293.4 336.5 9.01 5 800 2006 15.4 8.1 62 7.3 10.9 175 6 307.6 309.2 292.6 333.4 8.50 6 750 2549 10.6 5.5 71 5.1 7.6 199 6 308.1 309.5 292.0 331.3 7.60 7 700 3121 7.1 1.5 68 5.6 4.1 243 12 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.3 6.11 8 650 3726 2.7 -1.7 73 4.3 0.5 248 17 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.3 5.22 9 600 4368 -2.1 -5.0 81 2.8 -3.5 254 24 313.7 314.5 291.0 327.6 4.41 10 550 5054 -6.4 -11.5 67 5.2 -8.4 259 33 316.5 317.1 290.5 325.9 2.88 11 500 5793 -11.0 -18.3 55 7.3 -13.3 256 37 319.7 320.0 290.5 325.8 1.81 12 450 6593 -16.8 -23.9 54 7.1 -18.6 251 40 322.1 322.4 290.7 326.4 1.23 13 400 7466 -23.7 -32.2 45 8.5 -25.2 250 43 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.5 0.64 14 350 8426 -31.0 -39.6 43 8.6 -32.0 252 46 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.2 0.35 15 300 9501 -38.7 -46.4 44 7.7 -39.3 253 52 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.20 16 250 10729 -47.0 -61.3 18 14.3 -47.4 253 70 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12177 -55.2 -66.6 23 11.4 -55.4 253 82 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13995 -58.7 -76.7 8 18.0 -59.0 249 74 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16516 -61.6 -84.6 3 23.0 -61.9 259 54 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.18 m Freezing level: 622.23 mb = 4082.62 m = 13394.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.15 mb = 3798.48 m = 12462.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.10 % Est. max temperature: 20.48 C = 68.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.08 mb = 2978.98 m = 9773.42 ft T: 7.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 10.68 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.02 mb = 3527.21 m = 11572.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.38 C = 68.68 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.27 mb = 3176.28 m = 10420.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.27 mb = 4232.12 m = 13884.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.27 mb = 9494.90 m = 31150.88 ft B at Equ Level: 193.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.27 mb = 11262.81 m = 36951.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 90.54 m/s