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: 39.30,-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 176 1 950 612 2 900 1071 3 850 1555 4 800 2069 5 750 2614 SFC 719 2964 15.4 -5.2 24 20.7 5.1 296 4 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.8 3.60 7 700 3194 13.0 -7.4 23 20.4 3.2 287 5 316.9 317.5 290.9 327.2 3.14 8 650 3810 7.6 -10.0 27 17.6 -0.2 303 10 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.6 2.76 9 600 4462 1.4 -11.8 37 13.2 -4.1 309 14 317.7 318.2 290.6 326.2 2.57 10 550 5154 -4.9 -14.9 45 10.0 -8.6 309 22 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.6 2.19 11 500 5894 -11.1 -21.6 41 10.5 -14.2 297 26 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.2 1.36 12 450 6694 -16.4 -34.3 20 17.9 -19.8 293 32 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.47 13 400 7570 -21.8 -42.8 13 21.0 -24.6 303 39 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.22 14 350 8539 -28.6 -49.8 11 21.2 -30.6 305 52 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.12 15 300 9626 -35.4 -57.2 9 21.7 -36.7 305 68 335.4 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.06 16 250 10875 -42.7 -59.8 14 17.1 -43.5 309 92 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 17 200 12351 -51.0 -69.5 9 18.5 -51.4 304 87 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14207 -55.4 -80.9 3 25.4 -55.8 289 30 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16696 -67.2 -83.1 9 15.9 -67.3 301 4 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.33 m Freezing level: 588.81 mb = 4616.41 m = 15145.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.10 mb = 3770.50 m = 12370.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.21 % Est. max temperature: 16.36 C = 61.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 525.89 mb = 5501.87 m = 18050.53 ft T: -7.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 4.57 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 482.23 mb = 6168.73 m = 20238.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.67 C = 65.61 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7075.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 503.52 mb = 5839.43 m = 19158.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.7 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 331.7 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 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: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 69.98 m/s