MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 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 145 1 950 582 2 900 1043 3 850 1531 4 800 2049 5 750 2602 SFC 711 3064 19.4 -3.8 20 23.2 7.0 270 15 322.6 323.4 293.3 335.9 4.05 7 700 3191 17.3 -5.6 20 22.9 5.5 269 21 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.4 3.59 8 650 3816 11.5 -9.0 23 20.5 1.8 268 30 322.0 322.6 292.2 331.9 2.98 9 600 4476 5.2 -10.5 31 15.7 -1.8 264 32 322.1 322.7 292.2 331.7 2.86 10 550 5178 -1.5 -11.8 45 10.3 -5.8 258 32 322.3 322.8 292.2 331.7 2.81 11 500 5927 -8.7 -12.8 72 4.1 -10.3 253 32 322.5 323.0 292.3 332.0 2.86 12 450 6733 -15.3 -17.8 81 2.5 -16.1 246 32 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.1 2.10 13 400 7610 -22.3 -29.8 50 7.6 -23.8 259 33 326.0 326.2 291.4 328.9 0.80 14 350 8577 -29.6 -47.0 17 17.4 -31.3 271 41 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.16 15 300 9657 -37.8 -55.2 14 17.5 -38.7 268 54 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.07 16 250 10893 -44.6 -61.0 14 16.4 -45.2 273 66 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12372 -48.5 -70.7 6 22.2 -49.0 272 61 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 14227 -57.8 -79.9 4 22.1 -58.0 273 47 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16725 -65.4 -83.1 7 17.7 -65.5 225 9 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.25 m Freezing level: 561.32 mb = 5018.74 m = 16465.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.73 mb = 4142.84 m = 13591.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.97 % Est. max temperature: 19.10 C = 66.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 501.15 mb = 5908.55 m = 19384.76 ft T: -8.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.49 C/km ThetaE index: 4.25 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 473.44 mb = 6344.22 m = 20814.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.01 C = 68.02 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 481.52 mb = 6214.67 m = 20389.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 436.52 mb = 6959.15 m = 22831.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.52 mb = 8851.79 m = 29040.95 ft B at Equ Level: 25.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.52 mb = 9968.50 m = 32704.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: -20.5 tot: 14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 16.58 m/s