MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 6 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 1 950 543 2 900 1004 3 850 1491 SFC 805 1953 17.9 7.8 52 10.1 11.7 189 5 309.7 311.2 293.1 335.0 8.29 5 800 2007 15.7 7.3 57 8.4 10.6 198 5 307.9 309.4 292.4 332.4 8.05 6 750 2550 11.2 4.8 64 6.5 7.5 227 7 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.8 7.19 7 700 3124 7.6 0.7 61 7.0 3.9 248 15 310.9 312.0 291.4 328.8 5.75 8 650 3729 2.7 -2.0 71 4.7 0.3 251 20 312.0 313.0 291.1 327.9 5.07 9 600 4371 -2.2 -5.4 79 3.2 -3.7 253 24 313.5 314.3 290.9 327.0 4.25 10 550 5057 -6.9 -10.6 74 3.8 -8.4 260 31 316.0 316.5 290.6 326.0 3.09 11 500 5795 -10.9 -17.5 59 6.5 -13.1 254 38 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.2 1.94 12 450 6595 -17.0 -25.1 49 8.1 -19.0 254 41 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.10 13 400 7466 -23.9 -34.3 38 10.4 -25.6 250 44 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.8 0.52 14 350 8426 -31.1 -41.6 35 10.5 -32.2 253 45 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.28 15 300 9502 -38.4 -46.9 40 8.5 -39.0 256 51 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.19 16 250 10731 -46.8 -61.5 17 14.7 -47.3 254 69 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.6 0.04 17 200 12181 -55.0 -66.9 22 11.9 -55.2 254 84 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14001 -58.5 -77.0 8 18.4 -58.7 248 75 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16524 -61.7 -84.7 3 23.0 -61.9 257 50 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.68 m Freezing level: 622.68 mb = 4080.05 m = 13385.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.13 mb = 3777.11 m = 12391.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.19 % Est. max temperature: 20.01 C = 68.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.73 mb = 3208.89 m = 10527.74 ft T: 6.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.12 mb = 3740.09 m = 12270.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.14 C = 68.25 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.58 mb = 3401.66 m = 11160.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.58 mb = 4350.26 m = 14272.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.58 mb = 9017.40 m = 29584.30 ft B at Equ Level: 125.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.58 mb = 10426.09 m = 34205.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.3 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 282.3 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 84.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 82.81 m/s