MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 151 1 950 588 2 900 1051 3 850 1541 4 800 2064 5 750 2622 SFC 729 2872 24.5 -7.3 11 31.8 8.0 265 13 325.8 326.4 293.3 336.0 3.02 7 700 3214 18.4 -9.9 14 28.2 4.8 259 18 322.8 323.3 292.1 331.5 2.58 8 650 3840 11.9 -11.7 18 23.6 1.3 253 23 322.5 322.9 291.9 330.6 2.40 9 600 4501 5.6 -13.1 25 18.7 -2.3 249 24 322.6 323.0 291.8 330.4 2.32 10 550 5204 -1.0 -14.6 35 13.6 -6.3 248 24 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.5 2.24 11 500 5955 -6.3 -20.8 31 14.5 -11.0 258 27 325.4 325.6 291.8 330.4 1.46 12 450 6771 -11.5 -23.7 36 12.2 -15.1 270 27 328.8 329.0 292.6 333.2 1.25 13 400 7661 -19.0 -26.4 52 7.4 -20.8 265 25 330.3 330.5 292.9 334.3 1.11 14 350 8639 -26.8 -29.3 80 2.4 -27.3 258 28 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.97 15 300 9732 -35.4 -36.3 92 0.9 -35.5 264 40 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.7 0.57 16 250 10976 -44.4 -45.4 89 1.0 -44.5 265 49 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.26 17 200 12433 -55.5 -55.8 96 0.3 -55.5 259 55 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14217 -65.4 -73.9 30 8.5 -65.5 265 53 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16682 -63.4 -83.2 5 19.8 -63.6 231 15 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.21 m Freezing level: 557.47 mb = 5098.68 m = 16727.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.99 mb = 4072.25 m = 13360.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.12 % Est. max temperature: 21.65 C = 70.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 453.03 mb = 6719.51 m = 22045.35 ft T: -11.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 5.59 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 416.60 mb = 7353.94 m = 24126.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4921.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 454.03 mb = 6702.44 m = 21989.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 36.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 8.75 m/s