MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.35,-106.89 Latitude: 39.35 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 586 2 900 1046 3 850 1533 4 800 2049 5 750 2599 SFC 727 2870 18.5 -7.1 17 25.6 5.8 212 1 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.8 3.10 7 700 3184 16.1 -10.8 15 26.9 3.7 190 4 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.3 2.39 8 650 3807 10.8 -13.8 16 24.7 0.3 233 7 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.0 2.02 9 600 4466 4.7 -15.5 22 20.2 -3.3 250 11 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.1 1.91 10 550 5166 -1.7 -16.0 33 14.3 -7.1 256 14 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.9 2.00 11 500 5915 -7.6 -23.3 27 15.6 -12.3 268 23 323.7 324.0 291.1 327.8 1.17 12 450 6727 -12.7 -38.7 9 25.9 -17.6 282 28 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.30 13 400 7613 -19.1 -43.9 9 24.8 -22.7 290 31 330.1 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.19 14 350 8593 -26.1 -49.0 10 22.9 -28.5 288 33 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 15 300 9688 -34.8 -49.9 20 15.1 -36.0 287 44 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 16 250 10932 -45.3 -52.4 45 7.0 -45.7 286 50 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.2 0.12 17 200 12385 -55.1 -62.3 40 7.2 -55.3 282 63 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.04 18 150 14188 -62.4 -76.2 14 13.9 -62.5 274 47 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16671 -64.1 -83.3 6 19.2 -64.3 152 24 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.76 m Freezing level: 563.10 mb = 4982.57 m = 16346.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.25 mb = 3867.22 m = 12687.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.63 % Est. max temperature: 20.59 C = 69.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 493.99 mb = 6008.50 m = 19712.67 ft T: -8.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 1.73 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 408.89 mb = 7448.04 m = 24435.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5654.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 458.51 mb = 6582.40 m = 21595.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 306.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 55.97 m/s