MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.81 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 605 2 900 1064 3 850 1549 4 800 2063 5 750 2610 SFC 718 2973 16.1 -5.8 22 21.9 5.1 294 4 318.0 318.6 291.5 329.2 3.45 7 700 3191 14.0 -8.0 21 22.0 3.5 279 4 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.7 2.98 8 650 3809 8.5 -11.4 23 19.9 -0.2 298 9 318.6 319.1 290.7 326.7 2.45 9 600 4463 2.3 -13.4 30 15.7 -4.0 304 15 318.8 319.3 290.7 326.4 2.27 10 550 5157 -4.0 -16.1 38 12.1 -8.4 299 20 319.3 319.7 290.6 325.9 1.97 11 500 5900 -10.6 -19.7 47 9.2 -13.4 289 26 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.6 1.60 12 450 6699 -17.1 -24.7 52 7.6 -19.0 287 28 321.7 322.0 290.5 325.7 1.15 13 400 7574 -22.2 -42.6 14 20.5 -24.9 299 37 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 14 350 8542 -28.8 -47.4 15 18.7 -30.6 304 51 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 15 300 9627 -36.1 -54.9 13 18.8 -37.2 303 70 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 16 250 10872 -43.6 -61.0 13 17.4 -44.3 306 89 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.04 17 200 12346 -50.7 -70.4 8 19.8 -51.1 305 85 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14198 -55.2 -80.9 3 25.7 -55.6 298 38 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16696 -65.8 -83.1 7 17.3 -66.0 332 4 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.99 m Freezing level: 581.60 mb = 4718.41 m = 15480.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.15 mb = 3781.93 m = 12407.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.30 % Est. max temperature: 17.20 C = 62.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 515.50 mb = 5661.70 m = 18574.89 ft T: -8.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.60 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.09 mb = 6351.69 m = 20838.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.95 C = 66.12 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6522.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 488.18 mb = 6081.14 m = 19951.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.6 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 327.6 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 67.54 m/s