MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 35.4,-105.79 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -105.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 1 950 610 2 900 1075 3 850 1571 SFC 806 2041 26.5 8.9 33 17.5 15.0 267 11 318.7 320.5 296.0 347.1 8.94 5 800 2101 24.2 8.1 36 16.0 13.9 268 11 316.9 318.6 295.2 343.8 8.53 6 750 2660 18.6 6.3 45 12.3 11.0 274 12 316.7 318.3 294.8 342.0 8.01 7 700 3247 14.0 2.7 46 11.3 7.4 286 11 318.0 319.3 294.1 339.2 6.66 8 650 3866 8.8 -0.1 54 8.9 3.9 290 9 318.9 320.1 293.7 337.7 5.86 9 600 4522 3.2 -3.5 62 6.7 -0.2 263 8 319.8 320.8 293.3 335.8 4.94 10 550 5221 -2.4 -11.1 51 8.8 -6.1 281 9 321.3 321.8 292.0 331.1 2.97 11 500 5970 -7.4 -26.0 21 18.6 -12.5 303 15 324.1 324.2 290.9 327.3 0.92 12 450 6782 -12.0 -39.8 8 27.8 -17.1 298 22 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.27 13 400 7673 -17.7 -41.0 11 23.3 -21.5 287 25 332.0 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.27 14 350 8659 -24.6 -45.9 12 21.4 -27.2 281 27 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.18 15 300 9760 -33.6 -44.9 31 11.2 -34.7 292 34 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.23 16 250 11010 -43.7 -50.4 48 6.6 -44.1 291 41 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.7 0.15 17 200 12486 -51.4 -66.2 16 14.8 -51.8 270 34 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.03 18 150 14296 -63.1 -77.3 13 14.2 -63.3 273 30 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16728 -69.4 -82.7 13 13.3 -69.5 102 12 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.45 m Freezing level: 571.34 mb = 4922.59 m = 16150.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.62 mb = 4486.73 m = 14720.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 622.64 mb = 4218.83 m = 13841.15 ft T: 5.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 19.74 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.48 mb = 4569.55 m = 14991.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 619.37 mb = 4262.01 m = 13982.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.37 mb = 5013.68 m = 16448.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.37 mb = 10891.14 m = 35731.64 ft B at Equ Level: 182.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.37 mb = 12342.95 m = 40494.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.0 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 318.0 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -5.4 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 57.19 Bulk Shear: 3.21 m/s