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: 39.30,-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 199 1 950 636 2 900 1095 3 850 1581 4 800 2095 5 750 2642 SFC 727 2911 15.9 2.2 39 13.8 8.0 234 4 316.8 317.9 293.4 336.4 6.18 7 700 3224 13.2 -0.3 40 13.4 5.8 223 7 317.1 318.1 292.9 334.2 5.37 8 650 3841 8.0 -2.4 48 10.4 2.5 245 15 318.0 318.9 292.7 333.8 4.93 9 600 4495 2.1 -4.8 60 6.9 -1.3 255 20 318.5 319.4 292.5 332.9 4.46 10 550 5189 -4.3 -7.4 79 3.1 -5.7 257 24 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.0 3.99 11 500 5933 -10.0 -13.5 75 3.6 -11.3 257 26 320.9 321.4 291.7 329.8 2.69 12 450 6737 -15.3 -24.7 44 9.4 -17.7 261 28 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.15 13 400 7616 -21.4 -34.5 30 13.1 -23.8 269 36 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.0 0.51 14 350 8586 -28.1 -43.7 21 15.5 -29.9 271 48 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.23 15 300 9675 -36.1 -43.2 48 7.1 -36.8 268 61 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.6 0.28 16 250 10916 -44.6 -58.9 19 14.3 -45.2 276 71 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12393 -49.1 -71.7 5 22.6 -49.6 271 66 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14237 -59.5 -78.8 6 19.4 -59.7 261 41 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16719 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.4 -65.8 233 1 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.11 m Freezing level: 583.65 mb = 4721.86 m = 15491.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.17 mb = 4264.34 m = 13990.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.02 % Est. max temperature: 17.79 C = 64.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 590.52 mb = 4621.79 m = 15163.16 ft T: 0.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 553.32 mb = 5141.19 m = 16867.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.00 C = 64.39 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 564.25 mb = 4985.00 m = 16354.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 529.25 mb = 5489.09 m = 18008.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.25 mb = 8396.38 m = 27546.83 ft B at Equ Level: 63.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.25 mb = 9923.00 m = 32555.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 65.63 m/s