MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 108 1 950 545 2 900 1008 3 850 1499 4 800 2022 5 750 2582 SFC 728 2842 25.2 -13.4 7 38.6 7.1 240 13 326.7 327.1 292.6 333.1 1.86 7 700 3177 19.8 -16.5 7 36.3 4.2 239 18 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.6 1.50 8 650 3806 13.5 -18.6 9 32.1 0.7 241 20 324.2 324.5 291.4 328.9 1.36 9 600 4470 7.1 -19.7 13 26.7 -2.9 241 19 324.3 324.5 291.4 328.9 1.34 10 550 5176 0.3 -20.9 19 21.1 -7.0 241 18 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.0 1.32 11 500 5929 -7.0 -22.0 29 15.0 -11.6 243 18 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.31 12 450 6739 -13.7 -27.9 29 14.2 -17.1 256 21 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.1 0.86 13 400 7623 -20.1 -36.2 22 16.1 -22.9 265 27 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.5 0.43 14 350 8598 -27.0 -30.7 71 3.7 -27.8 265 36 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.4 0.84 15 300 9691 -35.2 -36.7 85 1.6 -35.4 274 47 335.8 335.9 293.8 337.9 0.55 16 250 10936 -44.6 -44.6 100 -0.0 -44.6 281 50 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.29 17 200 12397 -54.5 -54.9 96 0.4 -54.6 275 62 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.9 0.11 18 150 14191 -63.6 -73.9 23 10.3 -63.7 284 48 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16661 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.3 -65.8 222 22 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.06 m Freezing level: 548.05 mb = 5204.96 m = 17076.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3933.79 m = 12905.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.41 % Est. max temperature: 23.04 C = 73.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 408.00 mb = 7474.37 m = 24521.92 ft T: -18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.71 C/km ThetaE index: 4.20 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 370.70 mb = 8178.44 m = 26831.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5595.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 401.14 mb = 7601.64 m = 24939.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -5.9 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.98 Bulk Shear: 7.31 m/s