MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 156 1 950 594 2 900 1057 3 850 1548 4 800 2072 5 750 2633 SFC 730 2871 24.7 -0.6 19 25.3 10.1 250 12 326.0 327.0 295.0 342.6 5.02 7 700 3228 19.6 -2.1 23 21.7 7.6 250 17 324.2 325.1 294.2 339.7 4.68 8 650 3858 13.2 -3.5 31 16.8 4.3 252 22 323.9 324.8 294.0 338.8 4.53 9 600 4523 6.7 -4.6 44 11.3 0.9 253 22 323.9 324.8 294.0 338.8 4.53 10 550 5229 -0.0 -5.8 65 5.7 -2.9 255 22 324.0 324.9 294.1 339.0 4.53 11 500 5983 -6.5 -8.0 89 1.4 -7.2 257 23 325.1 325.9 294.1 339.1 4.20 12 450 6797 -13.0 -13.5 96 0.5 -13.2 253 24 326.9 327.5 293.6 337.1 3.01 13 400 7684 -19.2 -22.2 77 3.1 -20.0 249 29 330.1 330.4 293.3 335.7 1.61 14 350 8664 -26.0 -31.5 60 5.5 -27.1 251 32 333.7 333.9 293.4 336.6 0.78 15 300 9760 -34.5 -35.9 88 1.3 -34.7 257 33 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.0 0.60 16 250 11007 -44.7 -45.2 94 0.6 -44.7 257 39 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.27 17 200 12462 -55.7 -56.3 94 0.5 -55.8 261 52 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.09 18 150 14250 -64.6 -75.8 20 11.1 -64.7 276 42 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16712 -65.2 -82.9 7 17.6 -65.4 166 11 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.97 m Freezing level: 550.27 mb = 5224.84 m = 17141.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.02 mb = 4686.38 m = 15375.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.66 % Est. max temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 500.98 mb = 5967.59 m = 19578.47 ft T: -6.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.49 C/km ThetaE index: 3.77 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 498.54 mb = 6005.73 m = 19703.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.16 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 503.88 mb = 5921.93 m = 19428.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 478.88 mb = 6316.55 m = 20723.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.88 mb = 10259.61 m = 33659.72 ft B at Equ Level: 130.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.88 mb = 12497.31 m = 41001.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 12.12 Bulk Shear: 10.85 m/s