MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 173 1 950 608 2 900 1066 3 850 1548 4 800 2057 5 750 2598 SFC 729 2840 9.1 -12.7 20 21.8 0.3 153 5 309.0 309.3 287.2 315.3 1.97 7 700 3180 14.7 -16.8 10 31.5 2.0 239 11 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.8 1.47 8 650 3802 11.3 -18.8 10 30.0 -0.3 261 24 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.3 1.34 9 600 4462 5.3 -19.6 15 24.9 -3.7 264 30 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.0 1.35 10 550 5164 -1.1 -20.8 21 19.7 -7.8 258 31 322.8 323.0 291.0 327.3 1.32 11 500 5914 -7.4 -22.7 28 15.4 -12.1 252 28 324.0 324.3 291.2 328.3 1.23 12 450 6726 -12.6 -29.0 24 16.3 -16.6 261 35 327.3 327.5 291.7 330.1 0.78 13 400 7613 -19.3 -27.3 49 8.1 -21.2 261 43 329.9 330.2 292.7 333.6 1.01 14 350 8591 -26.3 -28.7 80 2.4 -26.8 265 56 333.2 333.5 293.6 337.0 1.02 15 300 9687 -34.2 -36.0 84 1.8 -34.5 262 58 337.1 337.3 294.1 339.4 0.59 16 250 10939 -43.1 -46.6 68 3.5 -43.4 265 59 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.23 17 200 12406 -54.2 -60.7 45 6.5 -54.4 261 54 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14200 -64.0 -74.4 23 10.4 -64.1 250 43 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16653 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.3 -65.9 245 9 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.91 m Freezing level: 558.63 mb = 5042.50 m = 16543.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.26 mb = 3708.76 m = 12167.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.50 % Est. max temperature: 21.45 C = 70.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 520.67 mb = 5594.94 m = 18355.88 ft T: -4.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 728.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 363.87 mb = 8306.51 m = 27252.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Cap Strength: 7.39 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7646.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 431.75 mb = 7037.61 m = 23088.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.9 neg: -21.3 tot: 111.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 89.18 m/s