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: 39.35,-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 172 1 950 607 2 900 1065 3 850 1548 4 800 2058 5 750 2600 SFC 724 2901 10.1 -13.2 18 23.3 0.7 159 5 310.7 311.1 287.8 316.9 1.91 7 700 3183 15.2 -15.5 11 30.7 2.4 222 10 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.8 1.64 8 650 3806 11.5 -17.9 11 29.4 -0.1 247 23 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.44 9 600 4466 5.6 -18.9 15 24.5 -3.5 254 28 322.7 322.9 291.0 327.6 1.43 10 550 5169 -0.6 -21.1 20 20.4 -7.5 266 26 323.4 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.30 11 500 5920 -7.2 -22.9 27 15.7 -11.9 276 24 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.5 1.22 12 450 6731 -13.4 -24.6 39 11.2 -16.5 265 24 326.3 326.6 291.8 330.4 1.16 13 400 7617 -19.4 -26.1 55 6.7 -21.0 265 39 329.8 330.1 292.7 333.9 1.14 14 350 8595 -26.5 -30.5 69 3.9 -27.3 262 47 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.2 0.87 15 300 9691 -34.1 -35.1 91 1.0 -34.3 265 54 337.3 337.4 294.3 339.7 0.64 16 250 10943 -43.1 -43.7 94 0.5 -43.2 265 53 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.2 0.32 17 200 12406 -55.2 -57.5 75 2.4 -55.2 261 56 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.08 18 150 14206 -62.6 -75.1 17 12.5 -62.7 258 38 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.4 0.01 19 100 16666 -67.2 -82.7 9 15.5 -67.3 191 9 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.43 m Freezing level: 554.83 mb = 5101.01 m = 16735.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.98 mb = 3780.08 m = 12401.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.43 % Est. max temperature: 21.35 C = 70.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 505.11 mb = 5840.29 m = 19160.83 ft T: -6.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 723.7--2403244174546658090678512915595657216.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 370.80 mb = 8172.37 m = 26811.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7306.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 431.11 mb = 7053.55 m = 23141.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 156.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 70.13 m/s