MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 39.28,-106.92 Latitude: 39.28 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 208 1 950 644 2 900 1103 3 850 1588 4 800 2101 5 750 2647 SFC 724 2940 15.0 3.5 46 11.5 8.2 201 3 316.0 317.3 293.7 337.5 6.81 7 700 3227 12.1 1.3 47 10.8 6.1 204 5 315.9 317.1 293.0 335.0 6.02 8 650 3842 7.3 -2.8 48 10.1 2.1 234 10 317.3 318.2 292.4 332.6 4.78 9 600 4494 1.9 -7.5 49 9.5 -2.4 241 15 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.1 3.61 10 550 5189 -4.1 -12.3 53 8.2 -7.4 248 16 319.2 319.8 291.2 328.2 2.70 11 500 5931 -10.7 -15.1 70 4.4 -12.3 260 20 320.0 320.4 291.1 327.9 2.37 12 450 6731 -16.9 -24.3 53 7.4 -18.8 263 22 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.2 1.19 13 400 7605 -23.0 -32.1 43 9.2 -24.6 263 23 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.5 0.65 14 350 8568 -30.5 -38.5 45 8.1 -31.5 270 27 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.39 15 300 9644 -38.8 -44.1 57 5.3 -39.2 265 38 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.25 16 250 10875 -45.1 -61.2 15 16.1 -45.7 264 54 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12350 -49.6 -70.3 7 20.7 -50.1 258 60 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14205 -55.6 -79.7 3 24.1 -55.9 263 45 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16725 -66.0 -83.0 8 17.0 -66.1 100 1 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.56 m Freezing level: 583.87 mb = 4718.26 m = 15479.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.05 mb = 4134.89 m = 13565.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.25 % Est. max temperature: 17.59 C = 63.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 609.37 mb = 4368.08 m = 14330.81 ft T: 2.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 555.76 mb = 5105.48 m = 16750.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.88 C = 64.18 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 574.03 mb = 4847.45 m = 15903.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 529.03 mb = 5491.41 m = 18016.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.03 mb = 9895.14 m = 32463.96 ft B at Equ Level: 280.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.03 mb = 11749.17 m = 38546.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.1 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 288.1 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 8.11 Bulk Shear: 34.56 m/s