MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 122 1 950 560 2 900 1022 3 850 1513 4 800 2035 5 750 2593 SFC 726 2872 24.5 -10.0 9 34.5 7.4 241 8 326.2 326.7 292.9 334.6 2.47 7 700 3186 18.9 -12.6 11 31.4 4.5 233 11 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.5 2.08 8 650 3813 12.6 -14.4 14 27.0 1.0 230 14 323.2 323.6 291.6 329.8 1.93 9 600 4476 6.1 -15.8 19 21.9 -2.7 227 15 323.2 323.5 291.6 329.5 1.86 10 550 5179 -0.7 -17.2 27 16.6 -6.8 228 15 323.3 323.7 291.6 329.5 1.80 11 500 5930 -7.8 -18.6 41 10.9 -11.5 235 15 323.5 323.9 291.6 329.6 1.76 12 450 6738 -13.7 -29.4 25 15.7 -17.4 268 21 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.74 13 400 7624 -19.3 -41.5 12 22.3 -22.7 279 30 330.0 330.0 292.0 330.9 0.25 14 350 8602 -26.7 -44.8 16 18.1 -28.8 281 31 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.20 15 300 9695 -35.0 -49.0 23 14.0 -36.1 278 36 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.15 16 250 10938 -45.3 -49.4 63 4.1 -45.5 279 49 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.17 17 200 12394 -54.8 -62.9 36 8.1 -55.0 281 59 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.04 18 150 14192 -62.6 -75.9 15 13.3 -62.7 280 44 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16666 -66.0 -83.1 7 17.1 -66.1 186 28 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.18 m Freezing level: 554.92 mb = 5109.58 m = 16763.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.24 mb = 3990.37 m = 13091.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.11 % Est. max temperature: 21.83 C = 71.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 433.58 mb = 7017.84 m = 23024.14 ft T: -15.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.72 C/km ThetaE index: 5.13 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 398.05 mb = 7659.61 m = 25129.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.05 C = 82.48 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5412.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 431.99 mb = 7045.39 m = 23114.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.3 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 289.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 17.60 m/s