MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 143 1 950 580 2 900 1042 3 850 1532 4 800 2053 5 750 2610 SFC 725 2902 23.3 -8.1 12 31.4 7.4 258 13 325.0 325.6 293.0 334.7 2.86 7 700 3201 17.8 -10.6 13 28.4 4.4 254 18 322.2 322.7 291.8 330.3 2.43 8 650 3825 11.3 -12.6 17 23.9 0.8 250 23 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.3 2.24 9 600 4485 5.0 -13.8 24 18.8 -2.8 246 24 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.3 2.19 10 550 5186 -1.5 -15.2 35 13.6 -6.8 247 24 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.5 2.14 11 500 5936 -6.9 -18.8 38 11.9 -10.9 258 30 324.6 325.0 291.9 330.6 1.73 12 450 6750 -12.6 -20.3 53 7.6 -15.0 269 34 327.3 327.7 292.6 333.3 1.70 13 400 7637 -19.1 -22.7 73 3.6 -20.1 267 35 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.6 1.54 14 350 8617 -26.4 -29.7 74 3.3 -27.1 263 33 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.6 0.93 15 300 9712 -34.3 -35.7 88 1.3 -34.6 267 46 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.3 0.61 16 250 10962 -43.4 -47.0 68 3.6 -43.6 266 56 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.22 17 200 12425 -55.0 -59.4 58 4.4 -55.1 262 53 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.06 18 150 14211 -66.1 -73.5 35 7.4 -66.1 261 53 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16671 -62.3 -83.4 4 21.2 -62.5 248 14 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.90 m Freezing level: 561.70 mb = 5021.92 m = 16475.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3973.41 m = 13035.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.88 % Est. max temperature: 20.65 C = 69.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 452.75 mb = 6702.72 m = 21990.30 ft T: -12.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.03 C/km ThetaE index: 5.40 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 413.18 mb = 7392.91 m = 24254.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.10 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: 1.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5555.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 452.12 mb = 6713.40 m = 22025.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.7 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 289.7 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 19.33 m/s