MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 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 172 1 950 609 2 900 1070 3 850 1558 4 800 2076 5 750 2629 SFC 721 2966 20.4 0.2 26 20.1 8.8 263 13 322.3 323.4 294.3 339.9 5.41 7 700 3216 15.6 -1.2 32 16.8 6.3 261 16 319.8 320.7 293.3 335.9 5.00 8 650 3837 9.1 -2.9 43 12.0 2.8 257 20 319.2 320.2 293.0 334.6 4.75 9 600 4492 2.6 -4.1 61 6.7 -0.7 253 21 319.1 320.1 292.9 334.3 4.70 10 550 5189 -3.1 -6.0 80 2.9 -4.5 251 20 320.4 321.3 293.0 334.9 4.44 11 500 5935 -9.2 -9.9 95 0.7 -9.5 249 20 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.8 3.62 12 450 6740 -15.3 -16.7 89 1.4 -15.7 246 24 324.0 324.5 292.2 331.8 2.31 13 400 7619 -21.3 -28.7 51 7.4 -22.9 257 34 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.5 0.90 14 350 8589 -28.4 -43.2 23 14.8 -30.2 267 45 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.24 15 300 9675 -36.7 -43.6 49 6.9 -37.3 262 60 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 16 250 10915 -44.8 -57.5 23 12.7 -45.3 270 69 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.06 17 200 12387 -50.0 -69.4 8 19.4 -50.5 268 66 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.02 18 150 14231 -59.6 -78.5 7 18.9 -59.8 259 47 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16721 -65.1 -83.2 7 18.0 -65.3 141 2 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.08 m Freezing level: 577.09 mb = 4811.49 m = 15785.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.38 mb = 4351.96 m = 14277.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.75 % Est. max temperature: 18.16 C = 64.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 533.56 mb = 5426.28 m = 17802.55 ft T: -5.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.11 C/km ThetaE index: 5.55 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 532.32 mb = 5444.47 m = 17862.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.11 C = 66.39 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 146.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 540.77 mb = 5321.16 m = 17457.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 515.77 mb = 5691.72 m = 18673.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.77 mb = 9771.75 m = 32059.16 ft B at Equ Level: 143.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.77 mb = 11301.67 m = 37078.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.19 Bulk Shear: 15.97 m/s