MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 39.30,-106.89 Latitude: 39.30 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 199 1 950 636 2 900 1096 3 850 1584 4 800 2101 5 750 2653 SFC 725 2938 18.7 -1.0 26 19.7 7.8 241 2 319.9 320.9 293.3 335.7 4.89 7 700 3239 15.8 -1.8 30 17.6 6.2 235 4 319.9 320.9 293.2 335.4 4.77 8 650 3861 10.3 -2.4 41 12.7 3.5 270 9 320.6 321.6 293.5 336.7 4.94 9 600 4521 4.7 -3.8 54 8.5 0.3 281 16 321.5 322.4 293.6 337.2 4.80 10 550 5222 -1.5 -6.7 67 5.3 -4.0 272 21 322.3 323.1 293.3 336.1 4.20 11 500 5974 -6.3 -15.9 46 9.7 -9.8 268 21 325.4 325.9 292.5 333.0 2.21 12 450 6790 -11.9 -21.2 46 9.3 -14.7 255 19 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.8 1.57 13 400 7679 -18.7 -23.6 65 4.9 -20.1 251 20 330.6 330.9 293.2 335.7 1.42 14 350 8660 -26.0 -28.4 81 2.3 -26.5 252 22 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.5 1.06 15 300 9756 -34.7 -36.7 82 2.0 -35.0 259 31 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.6 0.55 16 250 11001 -45.0 -45.4 96 0.4 -45.0 264 36 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.2 0.26 17 200 12457 -55.0 -57.5 74 2.5 -55.1 263 41 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.08 18 150 14246 -66.0 -74.8 28 8.9 -66.0 273 43 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16697 -61.6 -83.6 4 22.1 -61.8 317 10 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.30 m Freezing level: 562.08 mb = 5052.57 m = 16576.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.34 mb = 4569.90 m = 14992.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.71 % Est. max temperature: 20.51 C = 68.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 539.25 mb = 5377.79 m = 17643.45 ft T: -2.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 0.33 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 502.15 mb = 5940.50 m = 19489.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.58 C = 74.44 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 2.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3792.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 535.52 mb = 5432.66 m = 17823.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -3.2 tot: 14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 25.22 m/s