MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.94 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 554 2 900 1016 3 850 1506 4 800 2028 5 750 2585 SFC 727 2852 23.9 -11.3 9 35.2 6.9 245 9 325.4 325.8 292.5 333.0 2.22 7 700 3177 18.2 -13.9 10 32.1 3.9 239 13 322.7 323.0 291.5 329.0 1.86 8 650 3803 11.9 -15.9 13 27.8 0.4 239 17 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.2 1.70 9 600 4463 5.4 -17.3 18 22.8 -3.3 237 18 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.0 1.63 10 550 5165 -1.3 -18.8 25 17.5 -7.4 237 19 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.0 1.58 11 500 5914 -8.2 -20.8 35 12.7 -12.2 241 21 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.45 12 450 6724 -12.9 -37.3 11 24.4 -17.6 267 30 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.34 13 400 7610 -19.5 -40.6 14 21.1 -22.8 275 33 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.7 0.28 14 350 8587 -26.6 -38.9 30 12.3 -28.3 275 38 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 15 300 9680 -35.6 -37.0 87 1.4 -35.8 279 41 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.2 0.53 16 250 10924 -44.2 -44.2 100 0.0 -44.2 275 55 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 17 200 12387 -53.8 -55.5 81 1.7 -53.9 281 64 347.5 347.6 296.2 348.0 0.10 18 150 14180 -64.0 -73.5 26 9.5 -64.1 279 45 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16651 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.3 -64.3 212 24 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.09 m Freezing level: 559.38 mb = 5033.37 m = 16513.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.27 mb = 3875.93 m = 12716.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.05 % Est. max temperature: 21.27 C = 70.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 429.03 mb = 7082.78 m = 23237.20 ft T: -15.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.64 C/km ThetaE index: 4.98 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 387.60 mb = 7840.52 m = 25723.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5406.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 426.79 mb = 7122.30 m = 23366.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 289.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 26.52 m/s