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: 39.30,-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 137 1 950 574 2 900 1036 3 850 1525 4 800 2045 5 750 2600 SFC 723 2913 21.0 -4.4 18 25.4 7.5 270 15 322.7 323.5 293.2 335.4 3.82 7 700 3190 17.3 -6.7 19 24.0 5.2 269 24 321.7 322.3 292.4 332.6 3.30 8 650 3815 11.5 -9.5 22 21.0 1.7 266 31 321.9 322.5 292.1 331.5 2.86 9 600 4476 5.1 -11.0 30 16.1 -2.0 262 32 322.1 322.6 292.0 331.3 2.76 10 550 5177 -1.6 -12.2 44 10.6 -6.0 256 32 322.2 322.8 292.1 331.3 2.73 11 500 5926 -8.8 -13.0 71 4.3 -10.4 250 31 322.4 322.9 292.2 331.7 2.80 12 450 6732 -15.4 -18.0 80 2.6 -16.2 241 31 323.9 324.3 292.0 331.0 2.06 13 400 7609 -22.3 -31.5 43 9.2 -24.1 257 34 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.69 14 350 8575 -29.7 -47.2 17 17.4 -31.4 270 40 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.16 15 300 9654 -37.9 -55.4 14 17.4 -38.9 268 53 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 16 250 10890 -44.7 -60.9 15 16.2 -45.3 273 65 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.04 17 200 12369 -48.4 -70.7 6 22.3 -49.0 272 61 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 14225 -57.7 -79.9 4 22.3 -57.9 272 47 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16725 -65.4 -83.1 7 17.8 -65.5 225 8 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.60 m Freezing level: 561.67 mb = 5013.29 m = 16447.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 4110.54 m = 13485.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.97 % Est. max temperature: 20.50 C = 68.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 494.24 mb = 6014.28 m = 19731.66 ft T: -9.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.54 C/km ThetaE index: 4.07 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.09 mb = 6381.19 m = 20935.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.50 C = 70.70 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 479.21 mb = 6250.55 m = 20506.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 434.21 mb = 6997.57 m = 22957.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.21 mb = 8898.35 m = 29193.69 ft B at Equ Level: 19.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.21 mb = 9786.55 m = 32107.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -25.5 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.25 Bulk Shear: 16.47 m/s