MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 180 1 950 617 2 900 1078 3 850 1566 4 800 2084 5 750 2635 SFC 724 2940 19.8 1.6 30 18.2 9.2 256 7 321.4 322.5 294.5 340.6 5.96 7 700 3221 15.0 -0.2 35 15.2 6.5 251 11 319.1 320.2 293.4 336.5 5.40 8 650 3841 9.3 -3.0 42 12.3 2.8 259 16 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.7 4.70 9 600 4498 3.3 -5.4 53 8.7 -1.0 264 19 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.9 4.27 10 550 5196 -2.8 -8.3 66 5.5 -5.3 264 22 320.8 321.5 292.5 333.0 3.72 11 500 5942 -9.2 -11.0 87 1.8 -9.9 256 23 321.8 322.5 292.4 332.8 3.32 12 450 6748 -15.6 -17.1 88 1.6 -16.1 250 23 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.2 2.22 13 400 7626 -21.3 -43.8 11 22.6 -24.3 253 27 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.20 14 350 8595 -29.0 -44.4 21 15.4 -30.6 252 31 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.21 15 300 9679 -36.9 -46.1 38 9.2 -37.7 266 36 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.20 16 250 10919 -44.4 -60.6 15 16.2 -45.0 273 56 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12387 -51.3 -67.4 13 16.1 -51.7 267 53 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14232 -58.2 -79.8 5 21.6 -58.5 270 54 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16739 -64.8 -83.2 6 18.3 -65.0 214 1 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.79 m Freezing level: 572.88 mb = 4876.37 m = 15998.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.82 mb = 4324.48 m = 14187.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.53 % Est. max temperature: 18.94 C = 66.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 551.29 mb = 5176.90 m = 16984.36 ft T: -2.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 12.56 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.77 mb = 5415.73 m = 17767.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.57 C = 67.23 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 545.45 mb = 5260.82 m = 17259.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.45 mb = 5780.26 m = 18963.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.45 mb = 9898.97 m = 32476.54 ft B at Equ Level: 198.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.45 mb = 11454.56 m = 37580.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: -2.8 tot: 27.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 10.09 Bulk Shear: 19.97 m/s