MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 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 121 1 950 558 2 900 1020 3 850 1509 4 800 2029 5 750 2585 SFC 717 2967 21.6 -8.6 12 30.2 6.6 309 6 324.2 324.7 292.7 333.5 2.78 7 700 3176 18.5 -10.8 13 29.4 4.7 305 8 323.0 323.5 292.0 331.1 2.39 8 650 3803 12.6 -12.7 16 25.3 1.4 300 10 323.2 323.6 291.9 330.7 2.21 9 600 4466 6.1 -13.8 22 19.9 -2.2 294 11 323.2 323.6 291.9 330.6 2.19 10 550 5169 -0.7 -14.9 33 14.3 -6.2 287 11 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.7 2.18 11 500 5920 -7.9 -15.9 53 8.0 -10.8 283 11 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.9 2.21 12 450 6727 -15.4 -18.0 80 2.7 -16.2 285 13 323.9 324.3 292.0 330.9 2.06 13 400 7609 -19.7 -43.1 11 23.4 -23.1 299 29 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 14 350 8587 -26.3 -45.8 14 19.5 -28.6 305 40 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.18 15 300 9681 -35.2 -50.3 20 15.1 -36.3 298 59 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.13 16 250 10925 -44.2 -58.5 19 14.3 -44.8 293 63 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 17 200 12390 -53.6 -64.8 24 11.2 -53.8 290 57 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14212 -61.1 -77.8 9 16.7 -61.3 280 27 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16695 -65.8 -83.2 7 17.5 -65.9 204 9 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.99 m Freezing level: 555.04 mb = 5098.48 m = 16727.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.87 mb = 4050.62 m = 13289.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.99 % Est. max temperature: 20.82 C = 69.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 455.56 mb = 6633.19 m = 21762.18 ft T: -14.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.65 C/km ThetaE index: 2.89 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 427.93 mb = 7103.53 m = 23305.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.52 C = 74.33 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5291.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 444.84 mb = 6813.44 m = 22353.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.3 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 327.3 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 14.56 m/s