MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 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 211 1 950 646 2 900 1104 3 850 1586 4 800 2097 5 750 2639 SFC 730 2868 9.6 -0.5 49 10.1 4.3 162 3 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.0 5.04 7 700 3222 14.2 -2.0 32 16.3 5.5 258 7 318.2 319.2 292.6 333.4 4.71 8 650 3843 10.2 -5.8 32 16.0 2.2 271 17 320.5 321.2 292.5 333.0 3.82 9 600 4502 4.5 -6.0 46 10.5 -0.7 267 26 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.6 4.07 10 550 5202 -1.7 -7.3 66 5.6 -4.3 262 32 322.0 322.8 293.1 335.3 4.02 11 500 5953 -7.3 -15.0 54 7.7 -10.2 261 36 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.2 2.38 12 450 6766 -12.3 -25.0 34 12.7 -15.8 265 32 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.7 1.12 13 400 7656 -17.8 -29.7 35 11.8 -20.5 278 36 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.8 0.82 14 350 8640 -25.1 -30.8 59 5.7 -26.2 281 31 334.9 335.1 293.8 338.0 0.84 15 300 9740 -33.5 -39.4 55 5.9 -34.3 276 31 338.1 338.2 294.3 339.7 0.42 16 250 10991 -43.9 -47.9 64 4.1 -44.2 269 40 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.20 17 200 12450 -55.2 -59.1 62 3.9 -55.3 270 46 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.07 18 150 14237 -66.1 -74.4 30 8.3 -66.1 271 47 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16676 -65.8 -82.8 8 17.0 -65.9 243 21 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.34 m Freezing level: 563.98 mb = 5006.37 m = 16424.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.66 mb = 4343.14 m = 14248.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.12 % Est. max temperature: 20.74 C = 69.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 625.33 mb = 4161.27 m = 13652.30 ft T: 7.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 496.68 mb = 6004.26 m = 19698.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.29 C = 73.92 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: 2.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4592.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 539.53 mb = 5353.57 m = 17563.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 70.44 m/s