MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 39.42,-106.92 Latitude: 39.42 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 172 1 950 607 2 900 1065 3 850 1547 4 800 2057 5 750 2599 SFC 737 2742 10.1 -1.1 46 11.2 4.3 158 5 309.0 309.9 290.0 324.0 4.80 7 700 3182 14.3 -3.3 29 17.6 5.1 242 14 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.2 4.29 8 650 3803 10.7 -8.2 26 18.8 1.7 265 28 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.5 3.17 9 600 4463 4.9 -10.6 32 15.5 -1.9 271 31 321.8 322.4 292.1 331.3 2.85 10 550 5164 -1.6 -10.7 50 9.1 -5.5 262 31 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.4 3.08 11 500 5914 -7.7 -15.1 55 7.4 -10.4 261 35 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.7 2.37 12 450 6727 -11.7 -28.0 24 16.4 -15.9 272 34 328.6 328.7 292.2 331.6 0.85 13 400 7619 -17.4 -36.5 17 19.1 -21.0 285 37 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.0 0.42 14 350 8603 -25.5 -41.4 21 15.9 -27.6 281 38 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.29 15 300 9701 -33.8 -48.7 21 14.9 -35.1 286 29 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.15 16 250 10952 -43.9 -52.0 40 8.1 -44.3 275 22 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.13 17 200 12409 -56.3 -59.3 69 2.9 -56.4 262 19 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.06 18 150 14188 -65.3 -69.5 56 4.2 -65.4 274 39 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16650 -65.4 -83.6 6 18.2 -65.5 249 16 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.56 m Freezing level: 562.14 mb = 4993.64 m = 16383.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.77 mb = 4103.06 m = 13461.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.18 % Est. max temperature: 21.93 C = 71.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.80 mb = 4168.72 m = 13676.75 ft T: 7.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 477.93 mb = 6262.00 m = 20544.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.44 C = 77.80 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5898.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 530.74 mb = 5444.27 m = 17861.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.7 neg: -12.0 tot: 178.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 81.18 m/s