MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 177 1 950 614 2 900 1074 3 850 1562 4 800 2079 5 750 2630 SFC 713 3063 19.5 -0.2 26 19.8 8.3 262 14 322.4 323.5 294.2 339.6 5.28 7 700 3217 15.8 -1.4 31 17.2 6.3 261 16 320.0 320.9 293.3 335.9 4.92 8 650 3838 9.2 -3.4 41 12.6 2.7 256 21 319.4 320.3 292.9 334.3 4.59 9 600 4494 2.8 -4.7 58 7.5 -0.9 253 21 319.4 320.2 292.7 333.9 4.49 10 550 5190 -3.1 -6.6 77 3.5 -4.7 251 21 320.4 321.2 292.9 334.2 4.24 11 500 5936 -9.3 -10.1 94 0.8 -9.6 249 21 321.7 322.3 292.6 333.4 3.55 12 450 6741 -15.6 -17.3 87 1.7 -16.2 249 25 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.1 2.19 13 400 7620 -21.2 -30.3 44 9.1 -23.1 259 35 327.4 327.6 291.7 330.2 0.77 14 350 8591 -28.3 -43.6 22 15.3 -30.0 268 46 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.5 0.23 15 300 9677 -36.6 -43.6 48 7.0 -37.2 262 60 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.27 16 250 10918 -44.7 -57.8 22 13.1 -45.3 271 70 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 17 200 12390 -50.0 -69.7 8 19.7 -50.4 268 66 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 18 150 14233 -59.8 -78.4 7 18.6 -60.0 259 46 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16721 -65.3 -83.1 7 17.9 -65.4 161 2 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.43 m Freezing level: 576.33 mb = 4823.51 m = 15824.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.63 mb = 4323.14 m = 14183.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.48 % Est. max temperature: 17.44 C = 63.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 530.01 mb = 5480.09 m = 17979.06 ft T: -5.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 5.73 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 527.93 mb = 5510.89 m = 18080.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.19 C = 64.74 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 536.20 mb = 5389.21 m = 17680.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 511.20 mb = 5762.89 m = 18906.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.20 mb = 9195.90 m = 30169.89 ft B at Equ Level: 102.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.20 mb = 10884.94 m = 35711.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.4 neg: -3.3 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.43 Bulk Shear: 16.09 m/s