MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 169 1 950 606 2 900 1067 3 850 1556 4 800 2076 5 750 2631 SFC 723 2942 20.1 5.4 38 14.7 11.0 237 8 321.7 323.3 295.9 346.8 7.81 7 700 3220 16.5 3.6 42 12.9 8.8 232 10 320.8 322.2 295.2 343.6 7.09 8 650 3845 11.3 0.5 47 10.8 5.2 261 15 321.8 323.0 294.7 341.6 6.13 9 600 4508 6.2 -2.2 55 8.4 1.7 267 21 323.3 324.4 294.6 341.0 5.42 10 550 5215 0.1 -4.8 70 4.9 -2.4 268 19 324.2 325.2 294.4 340.3 4.88 11 500 5970 -5.8 -8.4 82 2.6 -7.0 265 17 326.0 326.8 294.2 339.6 4.07 12 450 6788 -11.5 -14.4 79 2.9 -12.6 261 20 328.7 329.3 293.9 338.3 2.79 13 400 7679 -18.2 -21.7 74 3.4 -19.3 257 28 331.3 331.6 293.6 337.3 1.69 14 350 8662 -25.1 -30.4 61 5.3 -26.2 263 35 334.9 335.1 293.9 338.1 0.87 15 300 9764 -33.1 -34.5 87 1.4 -33.3 256 35 338.7 338.8 294.6 341.3 0.68 16 250 11018 -43.2 -43.7 96 0.4 -43.3 246 32 341.8 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.32 17 200 12481 -55.1 -55.5 95 0.4 -55.1 254 38 345.5 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.10 18 150 14274 -63.8 -74.1 23 10.3 -64.0 263 30 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16714 -67.5 -82.9 9 15.4 -67.5 257 20 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.39 m Freezing level: 549.17 mb = 5227.16 m = 17149.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.47 mb = 4790.96 m = 15718.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.75 % Est. max temperature: 22.00 C = 71.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 580.97 mb = 4769.91 m = 15649.13 ft T: 3.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 9.59 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.23 mb = 5356.64 m = 17574.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.69 C = 72.84 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 205.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 562.00 mb = 5039.40 m = 16533.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 497.00 mb = 6017.10 m = 19740.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.00 mb = 10828.34 m = 35525.62 ft B at Equ Level: 205.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.00 mb = 13242.50 m = 43445.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -7.2 tot: 30.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.95 Bulk Shear: 22.93 m/s