MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.21,-106.86 Latitude: 39.21 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 1 950 594 2 900 1055 3 850 1543 4 800 2061 5 750 2614 SFC 710 3084 20.2 -1.8 23 22.1 7.9 257 14 323.6 324.5 294.1 339.1 4.72 7 700 3202 17.4 -3.5 24 20.9 6.2 258 17 321.7 322.6 293.2 335.6 4.22 8 650 3827 11.2 -6.0 29 17.2 2.5 256 27 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.9 3.75 9 600 4487 4.8 -7.6 40 12.4 -1.1 253 29 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.5 3.60 10 550 5188 -1.8 -9.3 56 7.5 -5.1 251 31 322.0 322.6 292.6 333.3 3.43 11 500 5937 -8.5 -11.7 78 3.1 -9.8 250 31 322.6 323.3 292.6 333.1 3.13 12 450 6743 -15.5 -15.9 97 0.4 -15.7 251 32 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.0 2.46 13 400 7620 -22.2 -25.5 75 3.3 -22.9 258 33 326.1 326.4 291.8 330.4 1.20 14 350 8591 -28.2 -41.9 26 13.7 -29.9 269 46 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 15 300 9676 -37.0 -52.2 19 15.2 -37.9 267 57 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10914 -44.7 -61.2 14 16.5 -45.3 270 68 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.04 17 200 12389 -49.5 -71.1 6 21.5 -50.0 266 66 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14234 -58.6 -78.7 6 20.1 -58.9 268 46 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16728 -66.2 -83.0 8 16.9 -66.3 187 5 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.97 m Freezing level: 563.58 mb = 4997.52 m = 16395.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.05 mb = 4282.80 m = 14051.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.75 % Est. max temperature: 18.71 C = 65.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 509.95 mb = 5781.93 m = 18969.36 ft T: -7.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 496.44 mb = 5991.59 m = 19657.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.44 C = 67.00 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 502.81 mb = 5892.75 m = 19332.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 477.81 mb = 6284.22 m = 20617.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.81 mb = 8840.54 m = 29004.06 ft B at Equ Level: 91.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.81 mb = 10705.06 m = 35121.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 25.32 m/s