MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 177 1 950 614 2 900 1075 3 850 1562 4 800 2080 5 750 2632 SFC 723 2941 19.6 -0.5 26 20.0 8.3 270 10 321.1 322.1 293.7 337.8 5.12 7 700 3218 14.7 -1.9 32 16.7 5.8 268 11 318.8 319.7 292.8 334.1 4.75 8 650 3837 8.5 -3.4 43 11.9 2.3 255 13 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.3 4.57 9 600 4491 2.0 -4.6 62 6.6 -1.3 244 13 318.4 319.3 292.5 333.0 4.53 10 550 5185 -4.0 -6.1 85 2.1 -5.0 237 13 319.3 320.1 292.7 333.6 4.40 11 500 5929 -9.5 -10.1 96 0.5 -9.8 232 14 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.1 3.56 12 450 6733 -15.5 -16.5 92 1.0 -15.9 228 15 323.8 324.2 292.2 331.7 2.34 13 400 7610 -21.4 -23.8 81 2.4 -22.0 240 17 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.1 1.40 14 350 8579 -28.7 -30.3 86 1.6 -29.0 251 25 330.1 330.2 292.6 333.2 0.88 15 300 9662 -37.4 -39.3 82 1.9 -37.5 258 33 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.3 0.42 16 250 10895 -47.1 -52.2 56 5.0 -47.4 269 51 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.12 17 200 12356 -50.2 -69.1 9 18.8 -50.7 265 60 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 18 150 14209 -56.5 -79.6 4 23.1 -56.8 266 48 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16725 -65.0 -83.2 6 18.2 -65.1 207 3 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.95 m Freezing level: 583.58 mb = 4719.03 m = 15482.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.76 mb = 4252.81 m = 13952.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.05 % Est. max temperature: 17.52 C = 63.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 535.64 mb = 5391.73 m = 17689.18 ft T: -5.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 4.76 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.38 mb = 5410.25 m = 17749.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.49 C = 65.28 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 541.62 mb = 5305.09 m = 17404.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 506.62 mb = 5826.44 m = 19115.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 326.62 mb = 9064.87 m = 29740.04 ft B at Equ Level: 70.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.62 mb = 10984.28 m = 36037.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -2.8 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.62 Bulk Shear: 6.66 m/s