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: 39.30,-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 171 1 950 607 2 900 1069 3 850 1557 4 800 2076 5 750 2629 SFC 726 2913 20.8 0.3 25 20.5 9.0 263 13 322.2 323.3 294.3 339.8 5.41 7 700 3217 15.5 -1.2 32 16.6 6.3 261 16 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.8 5.01 8 650 3837 8.9 -2.8 44 11.7 2.8 256 20 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.5 4.79 9 600 4492 2.4 -4.0 63 6.4 -0.8 253 20 318.9 319.9 292.9 334.3 4.75 10 550 5188 -3.1 -6.0 81 2.8 -4.5 251 20 320.4 321.2 293.0 334.9 4.46 11 500 5934 -9.2 -9.9 95 0.7 -9.5 248 20 321.8 322.6 292.7 333.8 3.61 12 450 6740 -15.1 -16.7 87 1.6 -15.6 245 24 324.3 324.7 292.3 332.1 2.30 13 400 7620 -21.3 -27.6 57 6.3 -22.7 255 33 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.9 0.99 14 350 8590 -28.5 -42.9 24 14.4 -30.2 267 45 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.25 15 300 9675 -36.7 -43.6 49 6.9 -37.4 262 60 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 16 250 10915 -44.8 -57.5 23 12.7 -45.3 270 70 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.06 17 200 12387 -50.0 -69.4 8 19.4 -50.5 268 66 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 18 150 14231 -59.6 -78.5 7 18.9 -59.8 259 47 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16721 -65.1 -83.2 7 18.1 -65.3 143 2 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.87 m Freezing level: 578.05 mb = 4797.89 m = 15740.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.20 mb = 4340.98 m = 14241.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.83 % Est. max temperature: 18.47 C = 65.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 534.32 mb = 5414.68 m = 17764.48 ft T: -4.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.49 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 533.89 mb = 5421.09 m = 17785.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.57 C = 67.23 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 542.46 mb = 5296.44 m = 17376.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 507.46 mb = 5818.51 m = 19089.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.46 mb = 9733.10 m = 31932.34 ft B at Equ Level: 148.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.46 mb = 11254.69 m = 36924.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -3.1 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.67 Bulk Shear: 15.54 m/s