MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 174 1 950 611 2 900 1071 3 850 1559 4 800 2076 5 750 2627 SFC 729 2870 19.2 -10.2 13 29.4 5.4 249 5 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.1 2.42 7 700 3213 16.0 -12.3 13 28.3 3.3 252 12 320.1 320.6 290.9 327.3 2.12 8 650 3835 10.2 -11.1 21 21.2 0.7 256 20 320.5 321.0 291.4 328.9 2.52 9 600 4493 4.4 -10.4 33 14.8 -2.1 258 31 321.2 321.7 291.9 330.8 2.89 10 550 5193 -1.8 -13.5 40 11.7 -6.4 255 38 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.2 2.46 11 500 5944 -6.3 -24.9 21 18.6 -11.7 259 32 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.0 1.02 12 450 6760 -11.6 -24.5 33 12.9 -15.3 270 29 328.6 328.9 292.4 332.8 1.16 13 400 7649 -19.0 -24.8 60 5.8 -20.5 275 29 330.3 330.6 293.0 334.9 1.28 14 350 8627 -26.9 -30.3 72 3.5 -27.6 270 28 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.7 0.88 15 300 9719 -35.3 -37.4 81 2.0 -35.6 266 39 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.5 0.51 16 250 10965 -44.0 -46.8 73 2.8 -44.2 265 49 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.23 17 200 12426 -54.7 -57.2 73 2.5 -54.8 256 52 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.08 18 150 14214 -65.6 -73.3 33 7.7 -65.7 255 47 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16673 -63.3 -83.4 5 20.1 -63.5 241 18 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.60 m Freezing level: 564.42 mb = 4990.77 m = 16373.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.19 mb = 3985.47 m = 13075.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.84 % Est. max temperature: 20.57 C = 69.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 467.73 mb = 6460.27 m = 21194.86 ft T: -9.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 0.83 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 409.77 mb = 7466.69 m = 24496.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lifted Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5986.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 463.88 mb = 6524.33 m = 21405.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.4 neg: -6.9 tot: 101.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 43.06 m/s