MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 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 152 1 950 588 2 900 1047 3 850 1532 4 800 2046 5 750 2593 SFC 728 2850 12.6 -13.3 15 25.9 1.8 174 4 313.0 313.3 288.5 319.2 1.88 7 700 3180 16.3 -15.6 10 31.9 2.8 261 11 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.0 1.62 8 650 3804 12.0 -18.0 11 30.0 0.1 258 24 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.42 9 600 4465 5.9 -20.1 13 26.0 -3.6 247 26 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.5 1.30 10 550 5168 -0.7 -20.9 20 20.2 -7.5 239 29 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.8 1.32 11 500 5919 -7.0 -25.1 22 18.1 -12.2 247 27 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.1 1.00 12 450 6732 -12.8 -30.9 20 18.1 -17.0 264 26 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.65 13 400 7618 -19.7 -29.0 43 9.3 -21.8 266 30 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.5 0.87 14 350 8593 -27.4 -29.6 81 2.2 -27.9 263 37 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.2 0.94 15 300 9685 -34.8 -35.3 96 0.4 -34.9 266 46 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.6 0.63 16 250 10936 -43.0 -43.0 100 0.0 -42.9 274 54 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.6 0.34 17 200 12399 -54.9 -57.1 77 2.2 -55.0 274 53 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 18 150 14198 -61.8 -75.6 14 13.8 -62.0 275 38 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16672 -65.8 -83.1 7 17.3 -65.9 207 6 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.95 m Freezing level: 555.22 mb = 5094.56 m = 16714.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.92 mb = 3817.38 m = 12524.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.09 % Est. max temperature: 21.87 C = 71.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 488.90 mb = 6092.40 m = 19987.96 ft T: -8.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 727.5- 17.2 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 375.63 mb = 8076.70 m = 26498.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6626.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 426.60 mb = 7133.31 m = 23402.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: -8.0 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 41.49 m/s