MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 129 1 950 566 2 900 1029 3 850 1521 4 800 2044 5 750 2604 SFC 730 2843 25.3 -5.2 13 30.5 8.9 272 16 326.6 327.3 294.0 338.5 3.56 7 700 3199 19.1 -7.0 16 26.1 5.9 268 23 323.6 324.3 292.9 334.5 3.24 8 650 3826 12.7 -8.6 22 21.3 2.4 261 27 323.3 323.9 292.7 333.6 3.07 9 600 4490 6.3 -9.9 30 16.2 -1.1 256 27 323.4 324.0 292.7 333.5 3.01 10 550 5194 -0.3 -11.2 44 10.9 -5.0 254 26 323.7 324.3 292.7 333.6 2.95 11 500 5946 -7.5 -12.5 67 5.0 -9.5 254 26 323.9 324.5 292.7 333.8 2.93 12 450 6756 -14.1 -18.1 71 4.1 -15.4 255 30 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.6 2.04 13 400 7639 -19.4 -36.8 20 17.3 -22.5 266 33 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.3 0.41 14 350 8619 -26.3 -47.6 12 21.2 -28.6 270 28 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.15 15 300 9711 -35.5 -52.6 16 17.1 -36.7 268 36 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.10 16 250 10955 -44.6 -51.9 44 7.4 -45.0 262 51 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.13 17 200 12412 -55.5 -59.1 64 3.6 -55.6 261 65 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.07 18 150 14198 -65.2 -72.6 35 7.4 -65.2 261 57 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16672 -63.5 -83.4 5 19.9 -63.7 278 11 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.25 m Freezing level: 552.45 mb = 5159.55 m = 16927.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.55 mb = 4277.61 m = 14033.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.30 % Est. max temperature: 22.52 C = 72.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 463.46 mb = 6529.38 m = 21421.58 ft T: -12.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.67 C/km ThetaE index: 5.03 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 462.11 mb = 6551.82 m = 21495.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.20 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3554.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 469.62 mb = 6427.89 m = 21088.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -11.0 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.52 Bulk Shear: 8.13 m/s