MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 42.96,-106.01 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -106.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 567 2 900 1029 3 850 1518 SFC 829 1738 18.3 3.6 37 14.7 9.9 293 7 307.6 308.7 290.5 325.9 5.97 5 800 2040 19.7 1.4 29 18.3 9.5 278 16 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.8 5.29 6 750 2591 15.4 -1.8 31 17.2 6.3 286 17 313.3 314.2 291.0 327.5 4.48 7 700 3170 10.5 -4.2 35 14.6 3.2 289 13 314.1 314.8 290.8 326.9 4.01 8 650 3781 5.1 -6.1 44 11.1 -0.2 293 13 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.7 3.74 9 600 4427 -0.6 -7.5 59 6.9 -3.7 272 14 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.1 3.62 10 550 5115 -6.3 -10.6 72 4.3 -8.1 274 12 316.6 317.2 290.7 326.7 3.10 11 500 5853 -11.9 -14.3 82 2.4 -12.8 320 14 318.5 319.0 290.8 326.9 2.52 12 450 6652 -16.8 -22.3 63 5.4 -18.3 318 5 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.0 1.43 13 400 7524 -23.7 -26.9 75 3.2 -24.4 229 7 324.2 324.4 291.1 327.9 1.05 14 350 8486 -30.7 -33.9 74 3.2 -31.2 217 4 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.62 15 300 9561 -39.3 -40.9 85 1.6 -39.5 155 3 330.0 330.0 292.1 331.3 0.36 16 250 10783 -48.3 -55.6 43 7.3 -48.6 190 3 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.08 17 200 12249 -47.0 -72.5 4 25.5 -47.6 268 27 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 14135 -52.3 -80.0 2 27.7 -52.8 272 24 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16694 -62.1 -84.0 4 21.9 -62.3 304 10 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.23 m Freezing level: 605.07 mb = 4361.67 m = 14309.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.34 mb = 3751.13 m = 12306.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.74 C = 76.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 664.33 mb = 3600.93 m = 11813.94 ft T: 6.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 2.04 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.75 mb = 4850.34 m = 15912.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.46 C = 79.64 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7569.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 600.46 mb = 4421.09 m = 14504.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -9.9 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 35.18 Bulk Shear: 0.62 m/s