MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 133 1 950 570 2 900 1033 3 850 1525 4 800 2048 5 750 2609 SFC 723 2928 25.4 -2.5 16 27.9 9.6 271 17 327.6 328.5 294.8 342.3 4.40 7 700 3204 20.1 -4.3 19 24.4 7.1 269 24 324.8 325.6 293.8 338.0 3.97 8 650 3835 13.7 -6.1 25 19.8 3.7 263 29 324.5 325.3 293.6 337.0 3.74 9 600 4501 7.3 -7.3 34 14.7 0.2 259 29 324.6 325.3 293.5 336.8 3.67 10 550 5208 0.6 -8.7 50 9.3 -3.7 256 28 324.8 325.5 293.5 336.8 3.61 11 500 5963 -6.4 -10.3 74 3.9 -8.1 255 28 325.2 325.9 293.6 337.0 3.50 12 450 6776 -13.0 -16.8 73 3.8 -14.3 256 30 326.9 327.3 293.0 334.7 2.28 13 400 7662 -19.5 -24.4 65 5.0 -20.8 262 32 329.7 329.9 292.9 334.4 1.32 14 350 8642 -25.9 -36.4 37 10.4 -27.6 264 38 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.6 0.49 15 300 9738 -34.9 -43.1 43 8.2 -35.7 268 38 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.3 0.28 16 250 10981 -45.5 -49.8 62 4.3 -45.7 264 40 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.16 17 200 12432 -55.5 -61.2 49 5.7 -55.6 261 49 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14226 -64.2 -74.3 24 10.1 -64.3 262 42 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16688 -66.2 -82.9 8 16.7 -66.4 246 14 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.10 m Freezing level: 545.68 mb = 5272.98 m = 17299.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.47 mb = 4534.86 m = 14877.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.23 % Est. max temperature: 22.80 C = 73.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 477.58 mb = 6317.15 m = 20725.29 ft T: -9.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.62 C/km ThetaE index: 5.46 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 475.00 mb = 6358.97 m = 20862.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.01 C = 75.21 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 481.74 mb = 6250.15 m = 20505.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 456.74 mb = 6661.56 m = 21855.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.74 mb = 8502.05 m = 27893.52 ft B at Equ Level: 39.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.74 mb = 10538.84 m = 34575.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -13.9 tot: 8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.62 Bulk Shear: 8.88 m/s