MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 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 193 1 950 629 2 900 1089 3 850 1574 4 800 2088 5 750 2635 SFC 723 2939 15.4 3.7 46 11.7 8.5 238 2 316.5 317.8 293.9 338.3 6.89 7 700 3217 13.6 -0.1 39 13.7 6.1 247 6 317.6 318.6 293.0 335.0 5.45 8 650 3836 8.7 -2.4 46 11.1 2.9 274 14 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.8 4.95 9 600 4492 3.1 -4.7 57 7.8 -0.8 279 21 319.7 320.5 292.9 334.3 4.50 10 550 5189 -2.9 -7.9 68 5.0 -5.2 276 24 320.6 321.3 292.6 333.1 3.83 11 500 5936 -9.1 -13.0 73 3.9 -10.6 270 27 322.0 322.5 292.1 331.4 2.82 12 450 6743 -13.6 -30.5 23 16.9 -17.4 265 30 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.6 0.67 13 400 7627 -20.5 -37.9 20 17.4 -23.3 272 34 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.8 0.37 14 350 8599 -27.9 -43.3 22 15.4 -29.7 271 34 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.24 15 300 9688 -35.8 -51.0 20 15.2 -36.9 275 41 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.12 16 250 10933 -44.0 -61.7 12 17.7 -44.6 279 58 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 17 200 12401 -50.9 -68.4 11 17.4 -51.3 268 55 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14246 -58.4 -79.6 5 21.2 -58.6 274 47 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16741 -66.1 -83.0 8 17.0 -66.2 247 5 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.51 m Freezing level: 574.48 mb = 4847.54 m = 15903.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.84 mb = 4344.84 m = 14254.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.33 % Est. max temperature: 18.71 C = 65.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 606.66 mb = 4401.19 m = 14439.41 ft T: 3.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 9.72 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 542.09 mb = 5302.52 m = 17396.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.29 C = 66.73 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 561.16 mb = 5027.98 m = 16495.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 506.16 mb = 5839.72 m = 19158.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 476.16 mb = 6310.01 m = 20701.89 ft B at Equ Level: 11.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.16 mb = 9317.52 m = 30568.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 54.64 m/s