MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 585 2 900 1048 3 850 1539 4 800 2063 5 750 2623 SFC 729 2871 25.4 -8.3 10 33.8 8.2 274 14 326.9 327.4 293.4 336.4 2.80 7 700 3218 19.7 -10.8 12 30.5 5.2 270 19 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.4 2.40 8 650 3847 13.3 -12.5 15 25.8 1.8 262 22 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.25 9 600 4512 7.0 -13.7 21 20.6 -1.8 256 21 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.7 2.22 10 550 5217 0.2 -14.9 31 15.1 -5.8 254 20 324.3 324.8 292.2 331.8 2.18 11 500 5971 -6.7 -17.0 44 10.2 -10.4 255 20 324.8 325.2 292.2 331.8 2.03 12 450 6784 -12.3 -24.7 35 12.3 -15.7 263 24 327.7 328.0 292.2 331.8 1.15 13 400 7672 -19.3 -26.5 53 7.3 -21.0 260 26 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.8 1.09 14 350 8650 -26.8 -30.6 70 3.7 -27.5 260 31 332.6 332.8 293.3 335.8 0.86 15 300 9742 -35.5 -35.8 97 0.3 -35.5 270 38 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.60 16 250 10986 -44.7 -44.7 100 -0.0 -44.7 273 46 339.6 339.6 294.5 340.7 0.29 17 200 12441 -55.9 -55.9 99 0.1 -55.9 266 56 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.10 18 150 14220 -65.8 -74.9 27 9.1 -65.8 269 55 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16691 -64.4 -83.1 6 18.7 -64.6 238 16 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.38 m Freezing level: 548.40 mb = 5241.24 m = 17195.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.13 mb = 4170.89 m = 13683.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.26 % Est. max temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 440.51 mb = 6944.93 m = 22784.92 ft T: -13.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.60 C/km ThetaE index: 4.67 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 413.77 mb = 7416.79 m = 24333.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3942.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 439.71 mb = 6958.51 m = 22829.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -9.2 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.52 Bulk Shear: 6.11 m/s