MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 156 1 950 593 2 900 1053 3 850 1540 4 800 2057 5 750 2607 SFC 711 3063 19.3 -6.8 16 26.1 6.1 293 8 322.4 323.0 292.6 333.1 3.22 7 700 3192 15.6 -8.5 18 24.0 4.1 295 10 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.2 2.88 8 650 3812 9.3 -10.6 23 19.9 0.4 300 14 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.2 2.62 9 600 4467 2.9 -12.2 32 15.1 -3.4 301 16 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.7 2.49 10 550 5163 -3.7 -13.8 45 10.1 -7.7 298 17 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.6 2.39 11 500 5905 -10.6 -16.1 64 5.6 -12.5 297 19 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.5 2.17 12 450 6708 -15.2 -34.6 17 19.4 -19.0 300 29 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.8 0.45 13 400 7588 -20.5 -45.5 9 25.0 -23.8 304 38 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.16 14 350 8563 -27.0 -50.3 9 23.3 -29.3 306 54 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 15 300 9657 -34.8 -51.1 17 16.4 -36.0 311 67 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.9 0.12 16 250 10907 -42.7 -56.3 21 13.6 -43.4 307 77 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.07 17 200 12380 -52.5 -66.4 17 13.9 -52.8 301 70 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14210 -58.1 -79.6 5 21.5 -58.3 301 39 370.0 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16691 -66.4 -83.2 8 16.8 -66.5 334 3 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.33 m Freezing level: 578.27 mb = 4769.46 m = 15647.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.13 mb = 3873.90 m = 12709.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.75 % Est. max temperature: 16.73 C = 62.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 479.51 mb = 6223.97 m = 20419.60 ft T: -12.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.62 C/km ThetaE index: 7.33 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 456.25 mb = 6602.61 m = 21661.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.34 C = 68.62 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5828.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 479.95 mb = 6217.12 m = 20397.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.6 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 332.6 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 40.03 m/s