MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 39.30,-106.92 Latitude: 39.30 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 105 1 950 542 2 900 1005 3 850 1496 4 800 2020 5 750 2579 SFC 722 2913 23.9 0.5 21 23.4 10.1 43 4 326.1 327.2 295.3 344.2 5.49 7 700 3176 20.4 -1.0 24 21.4 8.2 34 4 325.1 326.1 294.8 341.9 5.08 8 650 3808 14.6 -3.0 29 17.6 5.0 355 5 325.5 326.4 294.6 341.1 4.72 9 600 4477 8.3 -4.7 39 13.0 1.5 331 9 325.7 326.6 294.5 340.6 4.49 10 550 5187 1.5 -6.5 55 7.9 -2.4 320 13 325.8 326.7 294.3 340.1 4.29 11 500 5945 -5.4 -8.3 80 2.9 -6.7 310 15 326.5 327.3 294.4 340.1 4.09 12 450 6762 -11.5 -13.4 86 1.9 -12.2 293 14 328.8 329.4 294.1 339.2 3.04 13 400 7656 -16.7 -22.3 62 5.6 -18.3 268 15 333.3 333.6 294.1 339.0 1.60 14 350 8646 -23.5 -27.8 67 4.3 -24.5 262 25 337.1 337.4 294.6 341.2 1.11 15 300 9756 -31.2 -40.1 41 8.9 -32.4 266 33 341.4 341.5 295.0 342.9 0.39 16 250 11020 -41.1 -48.2 46 7.1 -41.6 263 36 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.8 0.19 17 200 12498 -52.3 -69.3 11 16.9 -52.7 265 29 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14306 -64.2 -74.9 22 10.7 -64.3 265 19 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16751 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.8 -67.3 38 7 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.60 m Freezing level: 539.25 mb = 5349.58 m = 17550.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.63 mb = 4744.30 m = 15565.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.58 % Est. max temperature: 23.63 C = 74.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 509.54 mb = 5794.30 m = 19009.95 ft T: -4.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.33 C/km ThetaE index: 4.07 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 493.36 mb = 6048.42 m = 19843.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 501.88 mb = 5914.84 m = 19405.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 466.88 mb = 6476.49 m = 21248.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 416.88 mb = 7342.52 m = 24089.34 ft B at Equ Level: 7.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 376.88 mb = 8097.48 m = 26566.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -7.0 tot: -6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 28.44 m/s