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: 39.35,-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 147 1 950 584 2 900 1047 3 850 1539 4 800 2063 5 750 2623 SFC 729 2872 25.4 -8.4 10 33.9 8.1 275 14 326.9 327.4 293.4 336.3 2.77 7 700 3218 19.7 -10.9 12 30.7 5.2 270 19 324.3 324.8 292.3 332.4 2.37 8 650 3847 13.4 -12.6 15 26.0 1.7 263 22 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.22 9 600 4511 7.0 -13.8 21 20.8 -1.8 256 21 324.2 324.7 292.2 331.7 2.19 10 550 5217 0.3 -15.0 31 15.3 -5.8 254 20 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.8 2.16 11 500 5971 -6.7 -17.0 44 10.3 -10.4 255 20 324.8 325.2 292.2 331.8 2.02 12 450 6784 -12.4 -24.4 36 12.0 -15.7 263 24 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.9 1.18 13 400 7672 -19.3 -26.2 54 6.9 -21.0 260 26 329.9 330.1 292.8 333.9 1.13 14 350 8649 -26.8 -30.2 73 3.4 -27.5 260 31 332.6 332.8 293.3 335.9 0.89 15 300 9742 -35.5 -35.7 98 0.2 -35.5 270 37 335.3 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.60 16 250 10985 -44.7 -44.7 100 -0.0 -44.7 273 46 339.5 339.6 294.5 340.7 0.28 17 200 12440 -55.9 -55.9 99 0.1 -55.9 267 57 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.10 18 150 14219 -65.7 -75.0 26 9.3 -65.8 269 55 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16691 -64.3 -83.1 6 18.8 -64.5 239 17 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.88 m Freezing level: 548.12 mb = 5245.39 m = 17209.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.55 mb = 4165.04 m = 13664.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.99 % Est. max temperature: 23.10 C = 73.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 439.47 mb = 6962.54 m = 22842.70 ft T: -13.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.61 C/km ThetaE index: 4.64 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 412.60 mb = 7437.93 m = 24402.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4075.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 438.35 mb = 6981.73 m = 22905.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: -9.8 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.37 Bulk Shear: 6.25 m/s