MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 175 1 950 610 2 900 1068 3 850 1550 4 800 2059 5 750 2600 SFC 724 2900 9.2 -12.1 21 21.3 0.4 165 5 309.7 310.1 287.6 316.4 2.08 7 700 3181 14.4 -14.9 12 29.3 2.1 234 11 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.3 1.72 8 650 3803 10.9 -17.0 12 27.9 -0.2 259 22 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.6 1.55 9 600 4462 4.9 -16.9 19 21.8 -3.5 262 28 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.6 1.70 10 550 5162 -1.5 -11.3 47 9.8 -5.7 255 34 322.3 322.8 292.3 332.0 2.93 11 500 5913 -7.5 -16.4 49 9.0 -10.7 247 31 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.2 2.12 12 450 6724 -13.4 -19.6 60 6.2 -15.3 257 33 326.4 326.8 292.4 332.7 1.80 13 400 7609 -19.6 -22.4 78 2.8 -20.3 259 39 329.6 329.9 293.1 335.2 1.59 14 350 8588 -26.4 -30.8 67 4.4 -27.3 261 52 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.2 0.84 15 300 9684 -34.0 -35.6 85 1.6 -34.2 263 57 337.5 337.6 294.3 339.8 0.61 16 250 10937 -43.1 -45.9 74 2.7 -43.3 259 54 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.25 17 200 12403 -54.4 -59.7 52 5.3 -54.6 260 58 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14196 -64.8 -73.8 28 9.0 -64.9 256 50 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16644 -65.2 -83.1 7 17.9 -65.3 219 14 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.56 m Freezing level: 561.97 mb = 4994.61 m = 16386.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.58 mb = 3743.68 m = 12282.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.39 % Est. max temperature: 20.45 C = 68.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 520.65 mb = 5594.04 m = 18352.93 ft T: -4.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 378.81 mb = 8008.13 m = 26273.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: 4.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7299.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 441.72 mb = 6863.61 m = 22518.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.4 neg: -26.3 tot: 94.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 78.06 m/s