MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 5 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 194 1 950 629 2 900 1086 3 850 1568 4 800 2077 5 750 2617 SFC 728 2869 8.4 -13.5 20 21.9 -0.2 157 3 308.3 308.7 286.8 314.3 1.85 7 700 3199 14.7 -17.0 10 31.7 1.9 249 7 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.6 1.44 8 650 3820 10.9 -18.2 11 29.1 -0.4 270 18 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.1 1.40 9 600 4479 4.9 -17.7 18 22.7 -3.6 266 25 321.8 322.2 290.9 327.3 1.58 10 550 5180 -1.0 -19.0 24 18.0 -7.4 257 28 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.2 1.54 11 500 5932 -6.4 -26.2 19 19.8 -12.0 248 27 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.4 0.90 12 450 6747 -12.1 -28.0 25 16.0 -16.1 264 30 328.1 328.2 292.0 331.1 0.85 13 400 7635 -19.1 -25.5 57 6.4 -20.7 269 35 330.2 330.5 292.9 334.5 1.20 14 350 8614 -26.7 -30.2 72 3.5 -27.4 269 42 332.7 332.9 293.3 336.0 0.89 15 300 9706 -35.2 -37.0 83 1.9 -35.4 270 43 335.8 335.9 293.8 337.8 0.53 16 250 10953 -44.0 -46.2 79 2.2 -44.2 265 50 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.24 17 200 12416 -54.3 -57.8 65 3.6 -54.4 261 51 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.08 18 150 14208 -64.8 -73.7 28 8.9 -64.9 250 40 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16663 -64.2 -83.3 6 19.1 -64.3 224 15 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.20 m Freezing level: 558.30 mb = 5063.93 m = 16613.73 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.92 % Est. max temperature: 21.18 C = 70.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 518.96 mb = 5638.69 m = 18499.40 ft T: -4.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 727.8-4584246774848121097682944.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 366.21 mb = 8282.00 m = 27171.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Cap Strength: 7.98 C Lifted Index: 5.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7430.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 433.77 mb = 7023.78 m = 23043.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.1 neg: -17.5 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 63.28 m/s