MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 188 1 950 623 2 900 1080 3 850 1561 4 800 2070 5 750 2609 SFC 724 2899 8.2 -11.8 23 20.0 0.1 163 4 308.6 309.0 287.2 315.4 2.14 7 700 3189 13.4 -14.9 13 28.3 1.7 247 7 317.3 317.7 289.7 323.1 1.72 8 650 3808 9.8 -12.9 19 22.7 0.1 259 22 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.4 2.19 9 600 4465 3.5 -6.2 49 9.7 -1.2 261 31 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.3 4.01 10 550 5163 -2.5 -6.6 73 4.1 -4.4 252 36 321.2 322.0 293.1 335.1 4.24 11 500 5912 -8.5 -11.9 76 3.4 -9.9 251 39 322.6 323.2 292.5 332.9 3.07 12 450 6720 -13.7 -22.4 48 8.7 -16.2 257 40 326.0 326.3 292.0 331.0 1.41 13 400 7606 -19.5 -29.5 41 10.0 -21.7 260 46 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.7 0.83 14 350 8582 -26.9 -30.9 69 3.9 -27.7 262 51 332.4 332.6 293.2 335.5 0.83 15 300 9676 -34.5 -36.3 83 1.8 -34.7 263 60 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.0 0.57 16 250 10928 -43.1 -46.3 71 3.2 -43.3 255 59 342.0 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.24 17 200 12393 -54.5 -59.0 58 4.5 -54.6 252 60 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14189 -64.6 -74.4 25 9.8 -64.7 248 48 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16648 -63.3 -83.4 5 20.1 -63.5 243 17 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.03 m Freezing level: 570.63 mb = 4875.14 m = 15994.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.82 mb = 3848.36 m = 12625.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.64 % Est. max temperature: 19.29 C = 66.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 531.81 mb = 5427.39 m = 17806.18 ft T: -4.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 404.39 mb = 7523.40 m = 24682.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lifted Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6553.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 469.31 mb = 6397.76 m = 20989.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 119.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 113.83 m/s