MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.35,-106.92 Latitude: 39.35 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 1 950 578 2 900 1040 3 850 1530 4 800 2052 5 750 2609 SFC 730 2842 23.7 -5.9 13 29.5 8.1 260 15 324.8 325.5 293.3 336.1 3.38 7 700 3200 17.4 -8.0 17 25.3 4.9 255 22 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.7 3.00 8 650 3824 10.9 -9.8 22 20.8 1.3 250 26 321.3 321.9 291.9 330.6 2.78 9 600 4483 4.6 -11.4 30 16.1 -2.3 248 26 321.5 322.0 291.8 330.3 2.66 10 550 5183 -1.9 -13.0 42 11.1 -6.4 248 27 321.8 322.3 291.8 330.4 2.55 11 500 5931 -8.1 -17.1 49 9.0 -11.2 253 32 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.0 2.01 12 450 6741 -13.7 -20.7 55 7.0 -15.8 264 38 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.8 1.64 13 400 7625 -19.9 -29.7 42 9.8 -22.0 266 42 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.1 0.82 14 350 8602 -26.2 -48.3 11 22.1 -28.6 273 34 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.14 15 300 9698 -34.6 -49.6 20 14.9 -35.8 271 44 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 16 250 10947 -43.6 -49.0 55 5.4 -44.0 259 61 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.18 17 200 12409 -54.9 -59.5 57 4.6 -55.0 256 63 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.06 18 150 14201 -65.0 -74.0 28 9.0 -65.0 258 59 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16665 -63.5 -83.4 5 20.0 -63.7 254 14 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.30 m Freezing level: 564.69 mb = 4976.80 m = 16327.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.99 mb = 4054.90 m = 13303.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.85 % Est. max temperature: 20.78 C = 69.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 469.44 mb = 6415.67 m = 21048.52 ft T: -11.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.32 C/km ThetaE index: 5.75 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 449.12 mb = 6755.37 m = 22163.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: 0.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4972.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 473.81 mb = 6344.31 m = 20814.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 63.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 20.60 m/s