MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 166 1 950 603 2 900 1065 3 850 1554 4 800 2073 5 750 2628 SFC 729 2869 20.0 2.6 31 17.4 9.7 181 5 320.9 322.1 294.6 341.3 6.33 7 700 3219 18.2 -0.8 28 19.0 7.5 230 8 322.6 323.7 294.2 339.5 5.15 8 650 3847 13.0 -3.2 32 16.2 4.3 257 15 323.6 324.5 294.0 338.9 4.64 9 600 4512 6.9 -4.8 43 11.6 0.9 264 20 324.1 324.9 294.0 338.8 4.47 10 550 5219 0.2 -6.2 62 6.3 -2.9 264 24 324.3 325.1 294.0 338.8 4.39 11 500 5974 -6.3 -8.4 85 2.0 -7.2 262 29 325.3 326.1 294.0 338.9 4.07 12 450 6789 -12.3 -16.0 74 3.7 -13.6 255 32 327.8 328.3 293.3 336.1 2.44 13 400 7679 -17.9 -23.8 60 5.8 -19.6 258 34 331.7 332.0 293.5 336.7 1.40 14 350 8664 -24.8 -29.7 64 4.9 -25.8 255 30 335.3 335.5 294.0 338.8 0.93 15 300 9766 -33.4 -39.2 55 5.9 -34.1 258 28 338.4 338.5 294.3 340.0 0.42 16 250 11017 -43.8 -46.3 77 2.4 -44.0 258 35 340.9 340.9 294.8 341.8 0.24 17 200 12474 -55.7 -57.6 79 1.9 -55.8 261 43 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 18 150 14264 -64.6 -73.9 27 9.3 -64.7 264 35 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16706 -67.6 -82.8 10 15.2 -67.7 250 18 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.18 m Freezing level: 548.83 mb = 5236.35 m = 17179.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.20 mb = 4673.50 m = 15332.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.93 % Est. max temperature: 23.02 C = 73.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 561.79 mb = 5046.55 m = 16556.73 ft T: 1.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.91 C/km ThetaE index: 2.53 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 507.03 mb = 5862.95 m = 19235.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.94 C = 75.10 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 522.30 mb = 5627.93 m = 18464.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 457.30 mb = 6664.09 m = 21863.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.30 mb = 7359.16 m = 24143.94 ft B at Equ Level: 15.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 347.30 mb = 8718.96 m = 28605.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 53.39 m/s