MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 177 1 950 614 2 900 1077 3 850 1567 4 800 2089 5 750 2647 SFC 725 2940 23.8 0.1 21 23.6 10.0 268 7 325.5 326.6 295.1 343.1 5.33 7 700 3239 18.4 -1.3 26 19.7 7.4 261 9 322.8 323.8 294.1 339.1 4.97 8 650 3866 12.0 -2.9 35 14.9 4.1 256 12 322.6 323.5 293.9 338.2 4.77 9 600 4529 5.6 -4.2 49 9.9 0.6 254 14 322.7 323.6 293.8 337.9 4.66 10 550 5232 -0.9 -5.8 70 4.8 -3.3 255 15 323.0 323.9 293.8 337.8 4.52 11 500 5984 -7.2 -9.8 82 2.6 -8.4 258 18 324.2 324.9 293.4 336.3 3.63 12 450 6797 -12.8 -18.8 61 6.0 -14.7 252 19 327.1 327.5 292.7 333.8 1.93 13 400 7684 -19.2 -25.4 58 6.2 -20.7 246 22 330.1 330.3 292.9 334.4 1.22 14 350 8663 -26.6 -32.0 60 5.4 -27.5 251 27 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.7 0.75 15 300 9757 -34.8 -37.0 80 2.3 -35.1 251 35 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.4 0.53 16 250 11003 -44.9 -45.0 99 0.1 -44.9 256 40 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.5 0.28 17 200 12458 -54.9 -59.7 55 4.8 -55.0 266 45 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 18 150 14251 -64.8 -76.2 19 11.4 -64.9 279 38 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16708 -64.4 -83.1 6 18.7 -64.6 103 11 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.43 m Freezing level: 557.16 mb = 5131.44 m = 16835.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.29 mb = 4633.43 m = 15201.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.72 % Est. max temperature: 21.31 C = 70.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 510.09 mb = 5826.65 m = 19116.06 ft T: -5.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.33 C/km ThetaE index: 9.28 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 511.82 mb = 5799.93 m = 19028.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.31 C = 72.17 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 517.75 mb = 5708.97 m = 18729.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 492.75 mb = 6096.88 m = 20002.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.75 mb = 10161.50 m = 33337.84 ft B at Equ Level: 114.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.75 mb = 12055.15 m = 39550.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.07 Bulk Shear: 11.51 m/s