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: 39.22,-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 156 1 950 593 2 900 1054 3 850 1542 4 800 2061 5 750 2614 SFC 712 3063 20.4 -1.8 22 22.2 8.0 257 13 323.6 324.5 294.1 339.1 4.71 7 700 3203 17.3 -3.5 24 20.8 6.2 257 17 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.5 4.22 8 650 3827 11.1 -6.0 30 17.1 2.6 256 26 321.5 322.3 292.8 333.9 3.77 9 600 4487 4.8 -7.5 41 12.3 -1.0 253 29 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.6 3.62 10 550 5188 -1.8 -9.3 57 7.5 -5.1 251 31 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.3 3.44 11 500 5937 -8.5 -11.6 78 3.1 -9.8 251 31 322.6 323.2 292.6 333.1 3.14 12 450 6743 -15.5 -15.9 97 0.4 -15.7 251 32 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.0 2.45 13 400 7619 -22.2 -25.6 74 3.4 -22.9 258 33 326.2 326.4 291.8 330.4 1.20 14 350 8591 -28.2 -42.0 26 13.8 -29.9 269 46 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.27 15 300 9676 -37.0 -52.2 19 15.3 -37.9 267 57 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10914 -44.7 -61.3 14 16.5 -45.3 270 68 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.04 17 200 12388 -49.5 -71.0 6 21.5 -50.0 266 66 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14234 -58.6 -78.8 6 20.1 -58.9 268 46 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16728 -66.2 -83.0 8 16.9 -66.3 186 5 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.66 m Freezing level: 563.78 mb = 4994.57 m = 16386.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.24 mb = 4293.59 m = 14086.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.84 % Est. max temperature: 18.88 C = 65.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 510.02 mb = 5780.80 m = 18965.65 ft T: -7.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.70 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 497.31 mb = 5977.89 m = 19612.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.61 C = 67.30 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 96.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 503.56 mb = 5880.96 m = 19294.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 478.56 mb = 6272.12 m = 20577.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.56 mb = 8824.78 m = 28952.34 ft B at Equ Level: 96.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 258.56 mb = 10685.14 m = 35055.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.66 Bulk Shear: 26.38 m/s