MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 204 1 950 640 2 900 1099 3 850 1584 4 800 2097 5 750 2644 SFC 714 3062 15.1 1.7 40 13.4 7.4 235 4 317.4 318.6 293.5 336.7 6.05 7 700 3225 13.3 -0.0 40 13.3 5.9 228 7 317.2 318.3 293.0 334.7 5.47 8 650 3842 7.9 -2.3 48 10.3 2.5 248 14 317.9 318.9 292.7 333.8 4.96 9 600 4495 2.0 -4.7 61 6.7 -1.3 257 20 318.4 319.3 292.5 333.0 4.51 10 550 5190 -4.2 -7.5 78 3.2 -5.7 259 24 319.1 319.8 292.3 332.0 3.97 11 500 5933 -9.9 -13.8 73 3.9 -11.3 258 26 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.7 2.63 12 450 6738 -15.2 -24.4 45 9.2 -17.6 263 28 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.3 1.18 13 400 7617 -21.3 -34.3 30 12.9 -23.7 269 36 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.2 0.52 14 350 8588 -28.1 -42.8 23 14.8 -29.8 270 47 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.25 15 300 9677 -36.0 -43.1 48 7.0 -36.7 269 60 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.28 16 250 10918 -44.6 -58.8 19 14.2 -45.2 277 70 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12395 -49.1 -71.7 5 22.7 -49.6 271 67 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14239 -59.6 -78.7 7 19.1 -59.8 261 40 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16719 -65.9 -83.0 7 17.1 -66.0 204 1 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.60 m Freezing level: 583.89 mb = 4719.13 m = 15482.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4271.80 m = 14014.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.94 % Est. max temperature: 16.43 C = 61.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 582.60 mb = 4730.35 m = 15519.33 ft T: -0.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 8.43 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 550.68 mb = 5180.04 m = 16994.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.56 C = 61.81 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 560.18 mb = 5043.52 m = 16546.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.18 mb = 5550.08 m = 18208.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.18 mb = 8279.05 m = 27161.91 ft B at Equ Level: 52.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.18 mb = 9786.86 m = 32108.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 63.50 m/s