MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 1 950 613 2 900 1072 3 850 1556 4 800 2069 5 750 2614 SFC 711 3061 15.0 -6.0 23 21.0 4.6 299 5 317.7 318.3 291.4 328.8 3.44 7 700 3194 13.3 -7.7 22 21.0 3.2 292 5 317.2 317.8 290.9 327.2 3.05 8 650 3810 7.8 -10.3 26 18.1 -0.2 305 10 317.8 318.3 290.7 326.6 2.67 9 600 4462 1.5 -12.3 35 13.8 -4.1 311 14 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.1 2.49 10 550 5154 -4.8 -15.3 44 10.5 -8.6 309 21 318.4 318.8 290.4 325.5 2.12 11 500 5895 -11.0 -21.7 41 10.7 -14.1 296 26 319.6 319.9 290.0 324.2 1.34 12 450 6695 -16.2 -34.9 18 18.7 -19.7 292 32 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.5 0.44 13 400 7572 -21.7 -43.2 13 21.5 -24.6 303 39 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.21 14 350 8541 -28.5 -49.9 11 21.4 -30.5 304 51 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.11 15 300 9628 -35.3 -57.1 9 21.8 -36.7 305 68 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.06 16 250 10878 -42.7 -59.5 14 16.8 -43.4 309 92 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 17 200 12353 -51.1 -69.4 10 18.2 -51.5 304 87 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14209 -55.4 -80.9 3 25.4 -55.8 291 29 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16697 -67.3 -83.1 9 15.8 -67.4 303 4 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.09 m Freezing level: 587.77 mb = 4631.46 m = 15194.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.10 mb = 3770.68 m = 12370.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.24 % Est. max temperature: 15.59 C = 60.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 517.08 mb = 5634.03 m = 18484.14 ft T: -8.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.99 C/km ThetaE index: 4.60 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 472.66 mb = 6322.11 m = 20741.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.38 C = 65.08 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6828.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 496.44 mb = 5949.18 m = 19518.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.9 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 331.9 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 69.36 m/s