MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 5 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 167 1 950 603 2 900 1061 3 850 1544 4 800 2055 5 750 2597 SFC 729 2841 10.5 -12.0 19 22.5 1.1 159 5 310.6 311.0 287.9 317.4 2.09 7 700 3182 16.0 -16.6 9 32.6 2.5 225 11 320.2 320.4 290.3 325.2 1.49 8 650 3806 11.9 -19.4 9 31.3 -0.1 245 24 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.9 1.26 9 600 4467 6.0 -20.4 13 26.4 -3.6 249 29 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.4 1.26 10 550 5171 -0.5 -21.7 18 21.2 -7.5 257 26 323.5 323.8 291.1 327.8 1.23 11 500 5923 -6.9 -22.9 27 16.0 -11.8 269 22 324.6 324.9 291.4 328.9 1.21 12 450 6735 -12.7 -26.8 30 14.1 -16.4 267 28 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.6 0.94 13 400 7623 -19.0 -30.5 35 11.6 -21.5 263 40 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.1 0.75 14 350 8601 -26.6 -30.3 71 3.8 -27.3 264 45 333.0 333.1 293.4 336.2 0.88 15 300 9696 -34.7 -37.0 80 2.3 -35.0 266 56 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.5 0.53 16 250 10945 -43.3 -44.2 91 0.9 -43.4 268 53 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.30 17 200 12411 -54.3 -58.9 57 4.6 -54.5 264 53 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.07 18 150 14213 -62.0 -75.6 15 13.5 -62.2 256 41 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16676 -65.2 -83.2 7 18.0 -65.4 233 7 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.61 m Freezing level: 553.53 mb = 5120.99 m = 16800.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.85 mb = 3782.19 m = 12408.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.06 % Est. max temperature: 22.13 C = 71.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 515.40 mb = 5683.24 m = 18645.58 ft T: -4.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 728.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 363.77 mb = 8318.48 m = 27291.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lifted Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7145.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 425.03 mb = 7165.22 m = 23507.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.5 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 289.5 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 148.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 71.57 m/s