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: 39.30,-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 150 1 950 587 2 900 1048 3 850 1538 4 800 2058 5 750 2613 SFC 724 2912 21.7 -1.5 21 23.2 8.7 252 11 323.4 324.3 294.0 338.9 4.74 7 700 3203 17.1 -3.3 24 20.4 6.2 255 16 321.4 322.3 293.2 335.4 4.27 8 650 3827 10.9 -5.4 31 16.4 2.7 255 25 321.3 322.1 292.9 334.2 3.92 9 600 4486 4.6 -6.9 43 11.5 -0.9 252 29 321.4 322.2 292.7 333.9 3.79 10 550 5187 -2.0 -8.7 60 6.7 -5.0 251 31 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.5 3.60 11 500 5935 -8.6 -11.4 80 2.8 -9.8 251 32 322.5 323.1 292.6 333.1 3.19 12 450 6741 -15.6 -16.0 97 0.4 -15.7 252 32 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.9 2.44 13 400 7618 -22.1 -26.3 68 4.3 -23.0 258 32 326.3 326.5 291.8 330.3 1.11 14 350 8589 -28.3 -42.4 25 14.1 -30.0 268 45 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.26 15 300 9674 -37.0 -52.7 18 15.7 -38.0 267 56 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 16 250 10911 -44.8 -61.3 14 16.5 -45.4 270 67 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.04 17 200 12386 -49.5 -70.7 7 21.2 -50.0 266 66 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14232 -58.5 -78.9 6 20.5 -58.7 268 46 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16727 -66.1 -83.0 8 16.9 -66.2 180 6 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.65 m Freezing level: 565.32 mb = 4972.13 m = 16312.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.14 mb = 4307.93 m = 14133.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.81 % Est. max temperature: 20.08 C = 68.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 512.21 mb = 5745.76 m = 18850.68 ft T: -6.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.42 C/km ThetaE index: 8.65 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 503.91 mb = 5874.18 m = 19272.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.88 C = 69.59 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 509.44 mb = 5788.38 m = 18990.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 484.44 mb = 6177.15 m = 20266.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.44 mb = 9570.26 m = 31398.11 ft B at Equ Level: 138.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.44 mb = 11059.68 m = 36284.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.01 Bulk Shear: 34.45 m/s