MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 190 1 950 625 2 900 1081 3 850 1562 4 800 2069 5 750 2607 SFC 723 2909 6.4 -5.7 42 12.1 0.8 125 2 306.7 307.3 287.9 317.5 3.45 7 700 3183 12.0 -7.0 26 19.1 2.9 255 2 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.2 3.22 8 650 3800 8.7 -10.5 24 19.2 0.1 304 8 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.5 2.64 9 600 4455 2.9 -14.4 27 17.3 -4.0 308 18 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.5 2.09 10 550 5151 -3.4 -16.7 35 13.2 -8.2 297 23 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.4 1.89 11 500 5894 -10.3 -17.9 54 7.6 -12.8 287 26 320.4 320.8 290.8 326.7 1.87 12 450 6695 -16.7 -25.9 45 9.2 -18.9 286 32 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.8 1.03 13 400 7570 -22.2 -42.9 13 20.7 -24.9 292 40 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 14 350 8537 -29.3 -47.5 16 18.1 -31.0 296 50 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.8 0.15 15 300 9620 -36.8 -55.7 12 18.9 -37.9 298 62 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 16 250 10859 -44.4 -62.5 12 18.1 -45.0 299 78 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12332 -50.9 -70.2 8 19.3 -51.3 298 79 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14186 -55.7 -80.7 3 24.9 -56.1 296 43 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16691 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.5 321 10 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.26 m Freezing level: 577.13 mb = 4772.92 m = 15659.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.33 mb = 3821.30 m = 12536.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.32 % Est. max temperature: 18.32 C = 64.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 599.99 mb = 4454.80 m = 14615.29 ft T: 2.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 476.37 mb = 6261.95 m = 20544.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.71 C = 67.48 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: 2.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7021.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 507.53 mb = 5777.34 m = 18954.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 88.82 m/s