MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 126 1 950 563 2 900 1026 3 850 1517 4 800 2040 5 750 2599 SFC 722 2928 23.7 -3.5 16 27.2 8.7 276 15 325.8 326.6 294.1 339.4 4.09 7 700 3195 20.0 -4.9 18 24.9 6.8 275 22 324.6 325.4 293.6 337.2 3.78 8 650 3825 13.8 -6.9 23 20.7 3.4 271 29 324.6 325.3 293.4 336.4 3.51 9 600 4491 7.4 -8.0 33 15.4 0.0 268 29 324.7 325.4 293.4 336.4 3.49 10 550 5199 0.7 -9.1 48 9.7 -3.8 263 27 324.9 325.6 293.4 336.5 3.49 11 500 5954 -6.3 -10.6 71 4.3 -8.2 255 27 325.3 326.0 293.5 336.7 3.40 12 450 6768 -12.5 -20.2 53 7.7 -14.9 257 28 327.5 327.9 292.7 333.5 1.71 13 400 7657 -18.4 -29.8 36 11.4 -21.0 262 33 331.0 331.2 292.8 334.0 0.81 14 350 8639 -25.8 -35.8 39 9.9 -27.5 268 36 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.52 15 300 9735 -34.6 -42.9 43 8.3 -35.4 268 36 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.8 0.29 16 250 10980 -45.2 -48.1 72 3.0 -45.4 259 40 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.7 0.20 17 200 12434 -54.7 -65.3 26 10.6 -54.9 263 47 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14231 -63.7 -76.1 17 12.4 -63.8 257 40 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16689 -68.2 -82.7 11 14.5 -68.3 262 16 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.82 m Freezing level: 545.32 mb = 5269.25 m = 17287.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.74 mb = 4494.72 m = 14746.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.68 % Est. max temperature: 22.78 C = 73.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 481.57 mb = 6244.21 m = 20486.02 ft T: -8.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.54 C/km ThetaE index: 3.06 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 464.36 mb = 6525.48 m = 21408.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: 0.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3301.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 477.30 mb = 6313.06 m = 20711.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.9 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 293.9 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -23.9 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 12.27 m/s