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: 39.35,-106.86 Latitude: 39.35 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 103 1 950 540 2 900 1003 3 850 1494 4 800 2017 5 750 2576 SFC 722 2902 25.2 -12.9 7 38.1 7.1 252 14 327.5 327.9 292.9 334.3 1.96 7 700 3171 20.1 -16.2 7 36.3 4.4 248 19 324.7 325.0 291.7 330.0 1.54 8 650 3800 13.6 -18.5 9 32.2 0.8 249 22 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.36 9 600 4465 7.2 -19.8 13 26.9 -2.9 249 21 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.0 1.33 10 550 5171 0.4 -20.9 18 21.4 -6.9 249 19 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.2 1.31 11 500 5924 -6.8 -21.9 29 15.1 -11.5 250 19 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.4 1.32 12 450 6735 -14.1 -24.5 41 10.4 -16.9 256 20 325.5 325.8 291.6 329.7 1.17 13 400 7618 -19.9 -38.0 18 18.1 -22.9 270 28 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.36 14 350 8594 -27.1 -36.2 42 9.1 -28.5 268 36 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.1 0.50 15 300 9684 -35.9 -36.8 91 0.9 -36.0 270 36 334.8 334.9 293.5 336.8 0.54 16 250 10928 -43.7 -43.6 100 -0.0 -43.6 272 50 341.2 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12394 -54.4 -55.0 93 0.6 -54.4 276 62 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.11 18 150 14186 -62.9 -75.5 17 12.6 -63.0 276 42 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16656 -64.5 -83.5 6 19.0 -64.6 241 22 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.15 m Freezing level: 547.04 mb = 5215.37 m = 17110.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.33 mb = 3937.88 m = 12919.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.43 % Est. max temperature: 22.54 C = 72.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 408.19 mb = 7465.87 m = 24494.03 ft T: -18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.76 C/km ThetaE index: 5.23 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 370.90 mb = 8169.87 m = 26803.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5740.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 400.50 mb = 7608.49 m = 24961.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 288.2 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): 25.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.4 neg: -8.4 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.25 Bulk Shear: 5.84 m/s