MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.29,-105.67 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -105.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 602 2 900 1062 3 850 1548 4 800 2064 5 750 2614 SFC 734 2803 15.8 -4.6 24 20.5 5.5 231 3 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.7 3.69 7 700 3204 18.0 -9.1 15 27.1 4.9 265 11 322.4 323.0 292.2 331.6 2.75 8 650 3831 12.6 -11.2 18 23.8 1.7 273 17 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.7 2.50 9 600 4494 6.4 -12.3 25 18.7 -1.7 278 19 323.5 324.0 292.2 331.9 2.49 10 550 5198 -0.3 -13.3 37 13.0 -5.6 280 19 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.2 2.50 11 500 5950 -7.6 -13.6 62 6.1 -9.9 273 19 323.8 324.3 292.4 332.8 2.67 12 450 6759 -14.4 -16.6 84 2.1 -15.2 263 21 325.1 325.6 292.5 333.0 2.33 13 400 7640 -21.3 -26.3 64 4.9 -22.5 265 34 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.2 1.12 14 350 8612 -27.4 -44.8 17 17.4 -29.4 269 37 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.20 15 300 9702 -36.2 -49.3 25 13.1 -37.2 271 40 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.14 16 250 10941 -45.1 -52.9 41 7.9 -45.4 275 59 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.11 17 200 12396 -56.0 -59.0 70 2.9 -56.1 266 69 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.07 18 150 14197 -60.8 -74.2 15 13.4 -61.0 266 44 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16697 -66.6 -83.1 8 16.5 -66.7 232 14 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.16 m Freezing level: 551.93 mb = 5170.96 m = 16964.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.71 mb = 4159.32 m = 13645.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.26 % Est. max temperature: 23.04 C = 73.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 538.04 mb = 5371.62 m = 17623.21 ft T: -1.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.32 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 450.20 mb = 6755.82 m = 22164.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.91 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5551.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 470.39 mb = 6418.90 m = 21059.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.0 neg: -2.0 tot: 39.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 28.16 m/s