MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.30,-106.86 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 187 1 950 622 2 900 1079 3 850 1560 4 800 2068 5 750 2607 SFC 719 2964 7.1 -4.6 43 11.6 1.5 156 2 308.0 308.7 288.7 319.8 3.79 7 700 3184 11.9 -6.1 28 18.1 3.1 256 2 315.7 316.4 290.8 326.8 3.45 8 650 3801 8.9 -10.5 24 19.4 0.3 284 9 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.65 9 600 4456 3.0 -14.1 27 17.1 -3.8 284 17 319.6 320.0 290.8 326.7 2.13 10 550 5152 -3.5 -15.6 39 12.1 -7.9 269 22 320.0 320.4 290.8 326.9 2.07 11 500 5895 -10.5 -15.7 66 5.1 -12.3 274 28 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.7 2.25 12 450 6696 -16.6 -26.6 41 10.1 -19.0 281 37 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.8 0.96 13 400 7573 -21.4 -46.4 9 25.1 -24.4 283 39 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.15 14 350 8542 -29.3 -48.5 14 19.1 -31.1 287 45 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 15 300 9624 -36.8 -55.0 13 18.2 -37.9 290 62 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 16 250 10864 -43.9 -62.7 11 18.8 -44.6 295 70 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12341 -49.4 -70.4 7 21.0 -49.9 292 68 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14203 -56.2 -80.6 3 24.4 -56.5 287 41 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16696 -65.5 -83.0 7 17.6 -65.6 247 7 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.83 m Freezing level: 576.81 mb = 4778.87 m = 15678.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.90 mb = 3840.33 m = 12599.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.13 % Est. max temperature: 17.85 C = 64.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 600.87 mb = 4444.25 m = 14580.68 ft T: 3.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.29 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 480.08 mb = 6204.19 m = 20354.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.96 C = 66.13 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: 2.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6973.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 506.18 mb = 5799.51 m = 19027.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 86.56 m/s