MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 170 1 950 605 2 900 1063 3 850 1546 4 800 2057 5 750 2599 SFC 718 2965 8.9 -8.0 29 17.0 1.3 137 3 310.1 310.7 288.5 319.3 2.90 7 700 3180 14.7 -11.1 16 25.8 3.1 230 1 318.8 319.3 290.7 326.6 2.34 8 650 3803 11.4 -13.8 16 25.2 0.6 273 5 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.7 2.03 9 600 4463 5.2 -13.8 24 19.0 -2.7 263 10 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.5 2.19 10 550 5165 -1.3 -14.4 36 13.1 -6.4 240 13 322.5 323.0 291.7 330.2 2.28 11 500 5914 -7.8 -20.0 37 12.3 -11.8 256 16 323.6 323.9 291.4 329.0 1.56 12 450 6724 -13.4 -29.8 24 16.4 -17.3 282 23 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.71 13 400 7609 -19.8 -38.5 17 18.7 -22.8 281 34 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.34 14 350 8586 -26.5 -47.2 12 20.8 -28.7 287 49 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.15 15 300 9681 -34.9 -50.2 20 15.3 -36.1 288 58 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.13 16 250 10927 -43.6 -51.8 40 8.2 -44.0 281 62 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.13 17 200 12397 -52.5 -65.7 19 13.2 -52.8 277 52 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14217 -60.3 -77.1 9 16.8 -60.4 263 31 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16689 -65.8 -83.1 7 17.3 -66.0 228 8 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.46 m Freezing level: 560.08 mb = 5023.06 m = 16479.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.77 mb = 3920.75 m = 12863.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.99 % Est. max temperature: 20.11 C = 68.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 553.08 mb = 5119.46 m = 16795.93 ft T: -0.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 412.01 mb = 7386.90 m = 24234.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.32 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7126.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 460.77 mb = 6542.50 m = 21464.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 306.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 58.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 59.34 m/s