MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 147 1 950 583 2 900 1044 3 850 1532 4 800 2051 5 750 2603 SFC 718 2975 20.7 -7.7 14 28.3 6.5 284 7 323.0 323.6 292.5 333.0 2.99 7 700 3190 16.1 -9.9 16 26.0 3.9 286 10 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.9 2.58 8 650 3811 9.9 -11.9 20 21.7 0.3 290 13 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.0 2.37 9 600 4468 3.4 -13.4 28 16.8 -3.4 291 15 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.7 2.27 10 550 5164 -3.2 -14.7 41 11.5 -7.6 290 15 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.7 2.21 11 500 5908 -10.2 -16.1 62 5.8 -12.3 291 17 320.5 321.0 291.1 327.9 2.18 12 450 6710 -16.0 -26.9 39 10.9 -18.6 299 24 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.5 0.94 13 400 7588 -21.1 -42.3 13 21.2 -24.1 305 35 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.23 14 350 8561 -27.3 -49.6 10 22.3 -29.5 307 55 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.12 15 300 9654 -34.7 -48.6 23 13.8 -35.9 311 72 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.15 16 250 10903 -43.4 -55.1 26 11.7 -44.0 309 81 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.09 17 200 12375 -52.3 -66.8 16 14.5 -52.6 303 75 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14203 -58.6 -79.0 6 20.4 -58.8 304 48 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16691 -66.2 -83.1 8 16.9 -66.3 280 5 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.60 m Freezing level: 574.19 mb = 4827.31 m = 15837.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3864.26 m = 12677.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.86 % Est. max temperature: 18.12 C = 64.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 468.72 mb = 6399.71 m = 20996.16 ft T: -13.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.70 C/km ThetaE index: 5.37 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 451.76 mb = 6680.12 m = 21916.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.70 C = 69.25 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5934.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 467.28 mb = 6423.24 m = 21073.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.5 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 330.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 36.28 m/s