MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.35,-106.86 Latitude: 39.35 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 1 950 602 2 900 1063 3 850 1549 4 800 2066 5 750 2616 SFC 725 2900 18.3 -10.9 13 29.1 4.8 247 5 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.1 2.30 7 700 3200 15.2 -14.2 12 29.4 2.7 246 9 319.3 319.7 290.4 325.5 1.82 8 650 3820 9.7 -15.3 15 25.1 -0.4 253 18 320.0 320.3 290.6 326.0 1.78 9 600 4476 3.8 -12.6 29 16.4 -3.1 255 28 320.5 321.0 291.3 328.6 2.41 10 550 5175 -2.1 -11.8 47 9.7 -6.1 253 42 321.6 322.1 292.0 331.0 2.82 11 500 5925 -7.1 -23.5 26 16.4 -12.1 262 37 324.3 324.6 291.2 328.3 1.15 12 450 6738 -12.7 -20.4 53 7.7 -15.1 270 37 327.3 327.6 292.6 333.2 1.68 13 400 7625 -19.3 -22.4 77 3.1 -20.1 272 38 329.9 330.2 293.2 335.5 1.59 14 350 8603 -26.9 -28.6 85 1.7 -27.3 268 34 332.4 332.6 293.4 336.2 1.03 15 300 9698 -33.7 -38.0 65 4.3 -34.3 267 53 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.7 0.48 16 250 10949 -43.2 -48.0 59 4.8 -43.5 265 56 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.6 0.20 17 200 12414 -54.5 -60.9 45 6.4 -54.6 257 54 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 14207 -64.9 -74.6 25 9.7 -65.0 259 49 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16660 -63.3 -83.5 5 20.2 -63.5 233 16 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.86 m Freezing level: 567.88 mb = 4925.49 m = 16159.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.23 mb = 3727.47 m = 12229.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.96 % Est. max temperature: 19.72 C = 67.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 466.46 mb = 6460.40 m = 21195.29 ft T: -10.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 390.72 mb = 7796.66 m = 25579.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.24 C = 82.83 F Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lifted Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6274.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 447.88 mb = 6773.12 m = 22221.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 75.25 m/s