MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 150 1 950 587 2 900 1050 3 850 1541 4 800 2064 5 750 2623 SFC 729 2872 23.5 -5.6 14 29.1 8.2 275 11 324.8 325.5 293.4 336.4 3.47 7 700 3218 19.6 -7.5 15 27.1 5.9 274 16 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.5 3.10 8 650 3848 13.6 -9.3 20 22.8 2.7 269 18 324.3 324.9 292.8 334.1 2.92 9 600 4513 7.2 -10.2 28 17.3 -0.8 263 17 324.4 325.0 292.9 334.3 2.94 10 550 5220 0.5 -11.1 42 11.6 -4.6 252 16 324.6 325.2 293.0 334.6 2.98 11 500 5975 -6.4 -13.4 57 7.0 -9.2 242 17 325.3 325.8 292.9 334.5 2.72 12 450 6788 -13.1 -20.6 53 7.5 -15.4 261 20 326.8 327.1 292.4 332.6 1.65 13 400 7674 -19.4 -30.5 37 11.1 -21.8 266 27 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.75 14 350 8651 -27.1 -30.7 72 3.6 -27.8 266 38 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.3 0.85 15 300 9743 -35.2 -35.2 100 -0.0 -35.2 273 37 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.64 16 250 10986 -45.0 -45.0 100 -0.0 -45.0 276 41 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.3 0.28 17 200 12441 -56.0 -56.2 98 0.1 -56.1 269 56 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.09 18 150 14224 -63.5 -76.1 17 12.5 -63.7 276 51 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16703 -65.6 -82.9 7 17.3 -65.7 276 10 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.10 m Freezing level: 546.64 mb = 5270.39 m = 17291.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.58 mb = 4354.27 m = 14285.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.54 % Est. max temperature: 23.31 C = 73.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 471.80 mb = 6422.56 m = 21071.15 ft T: -10.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.42 C/km ThetaE index: 2.25 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 447.75 mb = 6825.31 m = 22392.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4186.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 462.95 mb = 6568.70 m = 21550.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -9.4 tot: -0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 8.49 m/s