MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 102 1 950 539 2 900 1002 3 850 1493 4 800 2017 5 750 2577 SFC 727 2852 25.7 -13.3 7 39.0 7.2 252 14 327.4 327.8 292.8 334.0 1.89 7 700 3172 20.0 -16.5 7 36.4 4.2 248 19 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.8 1.50 8 650 3801 13.6 -18.6 9 32.2 0.7 249 22 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.0 1.35 9 600 4465 7.1 -19.8 13 26.9 -2.9 248 21 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.9 1.32 10 550 5171 0.4 -21.0 18 21.4 -7.0 247 20 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.0 1.30 11 500 5924 -6.9 -22.1 29 15.2 -11.6 249 19 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.2 1.30 12 450 6735 -14.0 -25.3 38 11.3 -17.0 256 21 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.5 1.09 13 400 7618 -19.9 -38.3 18 18.4 -22.9 269 29 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.35 14 350 8594 -27.0 -35.8 43 8.8 -28.4 267 35 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.3 0.52 15 300 9685 -35.9 -36.8 91 1.0 -36.0 269 36 334.8 334.9 293.6 336.9 0.54 16 250 10928 -43.7 -43.7 100 -0.0 -43.7 271 50 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12394 -54.4 -54.8 95 0.4 -54.4 275 62 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.11 18 150 14186 -63.0 -75.4 17 12.4 -63.1 276 42 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16656 -64.6 -83.5 6 18.9 -64.7 241 22 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.66 m Freezing level: 547.52 mb = 5208.31 m = 17087.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3929.03 m = 12890.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.22 % Est. max temperature: 22.95 C = 73.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 405.38 mb = 7517.73 m = 24664.17 ft T: -19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.75 C/km ThetaE index: 5.05 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 369.53 mb = 8197.25 m = 26893.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4837.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 399.98 mb = 7618.44 m = 24994.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -8.3 tot: 13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.44 Bulk Shear: 5.53 m/s