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: 39.35,-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 155 1 950 591 2 900 1050 3 850 1534 4 800 2048 5 750 2594 SFC 723 2901 12.4 -13.1 16 25.5 1.7 181 4 313.3 313.6 288.6 319.6 1.92 7 700 3179 16.0 -15.2 10 31.2 2.8 259 10 320.3 320.6 290.6 325.9 1.67 8 650 3803 12.0 -18.0 11 30.0 0.1 260 24 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.42 9 600 4465 5.9 -20.1 13 26.0 -3.6 249 26 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.4 1.29 10 550 5168 -0.6 -21.1 20 20.4 -7.5 240 29 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.8 1.29 11 500 5919 -6.9 -25.3 22 18.4 -12.2 247 26 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.1 0.98 12 450 6732 -12.8 -31.2 20 18.4 -17.0 265 26 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.63 13 400 7618 -19.7 -29.1 43 9.4 -21.8 267 30 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.5 0.86 14 350 8593 -27.5 -29.5 83 2.0 -27.9 263 37 331.7 331.9 293.1 335.2 0.95 15 300 9685 -34.9 -35.2 97 0.4 -34.9 266 46 336.2 336.4 294.0 338.6 0.64 16 250 10936 -43.0 -43.1 99 0.1 -43.0 274 54 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.5 0.34 17 200 12399 -54.9 -57.1 76 2.2 -55.0 275 53 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 18 150 14198 -61.7 -75.7 14 14.0 -61.9 275 37 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16672 -65.6 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.8 206 5 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.37 m Freezing level: 554.93 mb = 5098.31 m = 16726.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.92 mb = 3817.03 m = 12522.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.05 % Est. max temperature: 21.41 C = 70.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 489.07 mb = 6089.52 m = 19978.51 ft T: -8.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 723.2--8725724135424.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 375.98 mb = 8070.06 m = 26476.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6634.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 425.90 mb = 7145.68 m = 23443.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.0 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 287.0 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.0 neg: -9.5 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 40.09 m/s