MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 170 1 950 605 2 900 1063 3 850 1546 4 800 2057 5 750 2599 SFC 728 2850 10.3 -13.3 18 23.6 0.8 152 5 310.4 310.8 287.6 316.5 1.88 7 700 3183 15.5 -15.9 10 31.4 2.5 224 10 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.1 1.59 8 650 3806 11.5 -17.8 11 29.4 -0.0 247 22 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.45 9 600 4467 5.7 -18.8 15 24.5 -3.4 254 27 322.7 322.9 291.0 327.6 1.44 10 550 5169 -0.6 -20.9 20 20.3 -7.5 264 26 323.3 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.31 11 500 5921 -7.3 -22.5 28 15.3 -11.9 274 24 324.2 324.4 291.3 328.6 1.25 12 450 6731 -13.5 -24.3 40 10.7 -16.4 263 25 326.3 326.5 291.9 330.5 1.19 13 400 7617 -19.3 -25.9 56 6.6 -21.0 265 39 329.9 330.1 292.8 334.0 1.15 14 350 8595 -26.5 -30.1 72 3.6 -27.2 262 47 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.3 0.90 15 300 9691 -34.1 -35.2 89 1.1 -34.3 264 54 337.3 337.5 294.3 339.7 0.64 16 250 10944 -43.1 -43.7 94 0.6 -43.1 265 53 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.3 0.32 17 200 12406 -55.2 -57.6 74 2.4 -55.2 260 56 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 14206 -62.7 -75.1 17 12.4 -62.8 259 38 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16666 -67.0 -82.9 9 15.8 -67.1 189 9 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.77 m Freezing level: 554.96 mb = 5099.42 m = 16730.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.77 mb = 3795.97 m = 12453.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.51 % Est. max temperature: 21.80 C = 71.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 505.95 mb = 5827.33 m = 19118.31 ft T: -6.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 728.0-1526726.6 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 370.21 mb = 8184.03 m = 26850.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lifted Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7296.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 432.00 mb = 7038.02 m = 23090.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 71.88 m/s