MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 133 1 950 570 2 900 1031 3 850 1520 4 800 2040 5 750 2595 SFC 718 2967 22.4 -7.7 13 30.1 7.1 289 8 324.9 325.5 293.0 334.9 2.98 7 700 3186 17.8 -9.8 14 27.6 4.6 291 11 322.1 322.7 291.9 330.8 2.58 8 650 3810 11.5 -11.8 18 23.2 1.1 297 14 321.9 322.4 291.7 330.0 2.39 9 600 4470 5.0 -13.2 25 18.2 -2.6 297 15 321.9 322.3 291.6 329.7 2.31 10 550 5171 -1.7 -14.6 37 12.9 -6.7 296 15 322.0 322.5 291.6 329.6 2.24 11 500 5919 -8.8 -15.6 58 6.7 -11.3 296 15 322.3 322.7 291.7 329.9 2.27 12 450 6724 -15.9 -18.7 79 2.8 -16.8 300 19 323.3 323.6 291.7 329.9 1.94 13 400 7604 -19.8 -44.4 9 24.6 -23.2 304 34 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.18 14 350 8582 -26.3 -50.2 9 23.9 -28.7 308 43 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 15 300 9676 -34.8 -46.0 31 11.2 -35.8 303 60 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.21 16 250 10923 -43.8 -58.7 18 14.9 -44.5 297 66 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.06 17 200 12390 -52.9 -65.2 21 12.2 -53.2 295 61 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14212 -60.8 -78.0 9 17.2 -61.0 307 39 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16689 -66.1 -83.1 7 17.1 -66.2 179 4 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.50 m Freezing level: 562.81 mb = 4991.49 m = 16376.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.45 mb = 3997.20 m = 13114.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.09 % Est. max temperature: 19.78 C = 67.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 457.32 mb = 6600.33 m = 21654.36 ft T: -14.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.72 C/km ThetaE index: 5.34 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 451.32 mb = 6701.26 m = 21985.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.89 C = 69.59 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5280.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 456.93 mb = 6606.88 m = 21675.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.6 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 331.6 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 20.04 m/s