MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.86 Latitude: 39.33 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 152 1 950 589 2 900 1051 3 850 1542 4 800 2064 5 750 2621 SFC 724 2928 23.6 0.0 21 23.6 9.9 270 16 325.5 326.6 295.0 343.0 5.29 7 700 3214 18.2 -1.4 26 19.6 7.3 266 23 322.6 323.6 294.0 338.7 4.93 8 650 3840 11.8 -3.2 35 15.0 3.8 260 29 322.3 323.2 293.7 337.5 4.64 9 600 4502 5.5 -4.8 47 10.3 0.3 257 30 322.5 323.4 293.6 337.2 4.47 10 550 5205 -1.0 -6.5 66 5.5 -3.7 256 30 322.9 323.7 293.6 336.9 4.27 11 500 5956 -7.4 -10.9 76 3.4 -8.9 257 32 324.0 324.6 293.1 335.1 3.34 12 450 6769 -12.3 -25.6 32 13.2 -15.9 267 34 327.7 327.9 292.1 331.5 1.06 13 400 7658 -18.4 -27.8 43 9.4 -20.6 268 33 331.1 331.3 293.0 334.7 0.97 14 350 8641 -25.3 -37.0 33 11.7 -27.1 259 37 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.46 15 300 9739 -34.5 -41.8 47 7.3 -35.3 257 39 336.7 336.8 293.8 338.0 0.32 16 250 10984 -45.1 -50.1 57 5.0 -45.3 256 39 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.16 17 200 12438 -55.6 -59.6 61 4.0 -55.6 250 46 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.06 18 150 14227 -64.6 -72.2 35 7.5 -64.7 261 42 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16686 -65.9 -82.8 8 16.9 -66.0 243 13 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.47 m Freezing level: 557.89 mb = 5093.83 m = 16711.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.08 mb = 4554.79 m = 14943.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.94 % Est. max temperature: 21.06 C = 69.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 509.49 mb = 5808.01 m = 19054.92 ft T: -6.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.48 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 511.08 mb = 5783.43 m = 18974.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.99 C = 71.59 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 517.36 mb = 5687.24 m = 18658.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 492.36 mb = 6075.07 m = 19931.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 482.36 mb = 6233.25 m = 20450.05 ft B at Equ Level: 16.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 362.36 mb = 8385.37 m = 27510.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: -3.8 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 13.66 m/s