MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.35,-106.92 Latitude: 39.35 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 119 1 950 556 2 900 1019 3 850 1509 4 800 2031 5 750 2589 SFC 728 2842 24.2 -10.2 9 34.4 7.3 238 8 325.5 326.0 292.7 333.8 2.41 7 700 3182 18.4 -12.9 11 31.3 4.2 233 13 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.7 2.02 8 650 3808 12.1 -14.7 14 26.8 0.8 232 16 322.7 323.0 291.5 329.1 1.88 9 600 4469 5.7 -16.0 19 21.7 -2.9 231 17 322.7 323.0 291.4 328.9 1.83 10 550 5171 -1.0 -17.4 28 16.3 -7.0 231 16 322.9 323.2 291.4 328.9 1.78 11 500 5921 -8.0 -19.3 40 11.3 -11.7 239 17 323.3 323.6 291.4 329.0 1.66 12 450 6731 -13.2 -33.7 16 20.5 -17.5 268 24 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.49 13 400 7616 -19.7 -40.4 14 20.7 -22.9 275 29 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.28 14 350 8594 -26.5 -35.5 42 9.0 -27.9 273 33 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.1 0.53 15 300 9687 -35.5 -36.3 92 0.9 -35.6 280 38 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.5 0.57 16 250 10930 -44.7 -44.7 100 -0.0 -44.7 278 53 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.29 17 200 12388 -54.9 -57.2 76 2.2 -55.0 279 59 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 18 150 14184 -63.9 -74.3 23 10.4 -64.0 281 51 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16662 -64.4 -83.3 6 18.9 -64.6 194 22 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.77 m Freezing level: 557.74 mb = 5062.47 m = 16608.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.73 mb = 3939.23 m = 12923.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.98 % Est. max temperature: 21.65 C = 70.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 435.16 mb = 6983.00 m = 22909.82 ft T: -15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.64 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 399.41 mb = 7626.88 m = 25022.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5463.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 432.94 mb = 7021.42 m = 23035.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 18.24 m/s