MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 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 170 1 950 607 2 900 1069 3 850 1560 4 800 2082 5 750 2639 SFC 730 2871 23.8 -3.2 16 27.0 8.9 274 11 324.9 325.7 294.0 338.7 4.14 7 700 3230 17.6 -5.1 21 22.7 5.8 266 16 322.0 322.7 292.9 334.3 3.73 8 650 3855 11.2 -6.9 28 18.1 2.3 258 20 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.2 3.52 9 600 4515 4.9 -8.5 37 13.4 -1.3 254 22 321.7 322.4 292.5 332.9 3.36 10 550 5216 -1.7 -10.3 52 8.6 -5.4 255 23 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.6 3.17 11 500 5966 -7.4 -16.8 47 9.3 -10.8 265 28 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.0 2.06 12 450 6778 -12.8 -25.3 34 12.5 -16.2 278 30 327.1 327.4 292.0 331.0 1.09 13 400 7665 -19.2 -38.5 16 19.3 -22.4 276 25 330.1 330.1 292.1 331.4 0.34 14 350 8644 -26.4 -46.9 13 20.4 -28.7 269 27 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 15 300 9738 -34.6 -52.2 15 17.6 -35.8 270 37 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 16 250 10983 -45.3 -49.4 63 4.1 -45.5 268 41 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.4 0.17 17 200 12435 -55.7 -64.5 32 8.8 -55.9 272 46 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14218 -66.5 -73.8 35 7.3 -66.5 272 46 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16682 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 346 9 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.96 m Freezing level: 563.00 mb = 5033.71 m = 16514.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.28 mb = 4267.71 m = 14001.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.34 % Est. max temperature: 21.05 C = 69.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 488.39 mb = 6146.90 m = 20166.73 ft T: -8.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.15 C/km ThetaE index: 7.67 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.88 mb = 6412.15 m = 21036.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.21 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4103.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 493.68 mb = 6063.74 m = 19893.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.10 Bulk Shear: 12.69 m/s