MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.30,-106.92 Latitude: 39.30 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 221 1 950 656 2 900 1114 3 850 1596 4 800 2106 5 750 2647 SFC 727 2913 9.1 2.7 64 6.4 5.6 135 5 309.3 310.5 291.5 329.1 6.43 7 700 3226 11.3 1.3 50 10.0 5.7 155 6 315.0 316.2 292.8 334.0 6.01 8 650 3842 8.1 -2.4 47 10.5 2.6 257 6 318.1 319.1 292.8 334.0 4.94 9 600 4497 2.8 -5.1 56 7.9 -1.1 282 20 319.3 320.2 292.6 333.4 4.35 10 550 5193 -3.4 -8.4 68 5.0 -5.7 279 26 320.0 320.7 292.3 332.1 3.68 11 500 5938 -9.3 -16.0 58 6.7 -11.6 273 27 321.7 322.2 291.5 329.1 2.20 12 450 6745 -13.9 -36.1 13 22.2 -18.2 274 27 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.39 13 400 7627 -20.9 -36.5 23 15.6 -23.5 279 31 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.4 0.42 14 350 8597 -28.9 -39.9 34 11.0 -30.3 278 43 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.0 0.34 15 300 9683 -35.7 -58.6 8 22.9 -37.0 281 54 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 16 250 10930 -43.5 -63.5 9 20.0 -44.2 280 61 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 17 200 12405 -50.0 -70.0 8 20.0 -50.5 261 59 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.02 18 150 14251 -58.1 -80.0 4 21.9 -58.3 274 39 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16748 -66.5 -82.9 8 16.4 -66.7 190 5 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.22 m Freezing level: 577.67 mb = 4807.68 m = 15773.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.81 mb = 4297.10 m = 14097.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.97 % Est. max temperature: 18.60 C = 65.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.26 mb = 3724.29 m = 12218.64 ft T: 8.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 551.86 mb = 5166.12 m = 16949.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.91 C = 66.04 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5506.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 582.55 mb = 4732.83 m = 15527.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.7 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 305.7 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.0 neg: -4.8 tot: 84.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 104.70 m/s