MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 170 1 950 608 2 900 1070 3 850 1561 4 800 2084 5 750 2642 SFC 730 2871 23.9 0.0 21 23.8 10.0 261 13 325.0 326.0 294.8 342.3 5.26 7 700 3235 18.1 -1.4 26 19.6 7.3 256 18 322.6 323.5 294.0 338.7 4.93 8 650 3861 11.7 -2.9 36 14.6 3.9 253 23 322.2 323.2 293.8 337.8 4.76 9 600 4523 5.4 -4.1 50 9.5 0.5 250 24 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.8 4.71 10 550 5226 -1.1 -5.5 72 4.3 -3.3 250 24 322.7 323.6 293.8 337.9 4.62 11 500 5977 -7.7 -8.1 97 0.4 -7.9 252 27 323.6 324.4 293.6 337.3 4.14 12 450 6788 -13.0 -18.8 62 5.8 -14.9 260 29 326.8 327.2 292.6 333.5 1.92 13 400 7677 -18.0 -34.4 22 16.4 -21.2 264 30 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.5 0.52 14 350 8660 -25.8 -36.3 37 10.5 -27.5 264 26 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.8 0.49 15 300 9755 -35.0 -36.7 84 1.7 -35.2 258 28 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.2 0.55 16 250 11000 -44.7 -46.1 86 1.4 -44.8 262 33 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.6 0.25 17 200 12456 -55.2 -57.9 72 2.7 -55.3 260 51 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 14244 -65.3 -75.9 22 10.6 -65.4 275 45 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16703 -63.4 -83.4 5 20.0 -63.6 71 2 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.89 m Freezing level: 558.78 mb = 5102.41 m = 16739.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.15 mb = 4615.82 m = 15143.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.20 % Est. max temperature: 21.66 C = 70.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 512.37 mb = 5784.54 m = 18977.92 ft T: -6.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.44 C/km ThetaE index: 4.50 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 515.72 mb = 5733.07 m = 18809.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.40 C = 72.33 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 519.44 mb = 5676.47 m = 18623.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 504.44 mb = 5907.42 m = 19381.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.44 mb = 7409.48 m = 24309.03 ft B at Equ Level: 47.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.44 mb = 11146.62 m = 36569.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 11.19 m/s