MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 105 1 950 542 2 900 1005 3 850 1497 4 800 2021 5 750 2582 SFC 725 2872 26.3 -13.3 6 39.6 7.5 240 12 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.9 1.90 7 700 3178 20.7 -16.5 7 37.2 4.6 240 17 325.4 325.7 291.9 330.7 1.51 8 650 3809 14.4 -18.7 9 33.0 1.1 244 18 325.2 325.5 291.7 329.9 1.34 9 600 4475 7.9 -19.9 12 27.8 -2.6 243 18 325.2 325.5 291.6 329.8 1.31 10 550 5183 1.1 -21.1 17 22.2 -6.6 243 17 325.4 325.6 291.7 329.9 1.29 11 500 5938 -6.2 -22.1 27 15.9 -11.2 244 16 325.5 325.8 291.7 330.1 1.30 12 450 6750 -13.7 -23.9 42 10.2 -16.5 251 17 326.0 326.3 291.8 330.3 1.23 13 400 7634 -19.7 -35.4 23 15.7 -22.5 271 26 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.2 0.47 14 350 8611 -27.1 -37.0 39 9.9 -28.6 270 35 332.2 332.3 292.8 333.9 0.46 15 300 9702 -35.4 -42.6 48 7.2 -36.1 270 36 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.7 0.30 16 250 10945 -45.2 -50.5 56 5.2 -45.5 276 47 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.15 17 200 12400 -54.7 -61.1 45 6.4 -54.9 275 55 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14197 -62.2 -75.7 15 13.5 -62.3 282 41 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16664 -65.8 -83.0 7 17.2 -66.0 225 28 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.42 m Freezing level: 542.55 mb = 5295.44 m = 17373.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.21 mb = 4000.71 m = 13125.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.47 % Est. max temperature: 23.62 C = 74.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 401.35 mb = 7609.00 m = 24963.60 ft T: -19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.75 C/km ThetaE index: 5.06 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 368.85 mb = 8227.12 m = 26991.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4984.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 395.29 mb = 7720.90 m = 25330.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -5.5 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.00 Bulk Shear: 7.13 m/s