MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 151 1 950 588 2 900 1051 3 850 1543 4 800 2067 5 750 2628 SFC 729 2871 25.7 -4.5 13 30.2 9.2 275 14 327.1 327.9 294.3 339.8 3.75 7 700 3223 19.6 -6.5 16 26.1 6.2 272 19 324.2 324.9 293.2 335.4 3.35 8 650 3852 13.2 -8.2 22 21.4 2.8 264 21 323.9 324.6 292.9 334.6 3.18 9 600 4516 6.8 -9.4 30 16.2 -0.7 259 20 324.0 324.6 292.9 334.5 3.12 10 550 5222 0.1 -10.7 44 10.8 -4.6 257 19 324.2 324.9 292.9 334.5 3.07 11 500 5976 -7.0 -11.9 68 4.9 -9.1 257 18 324.5 325.1 293.0 334.7 3.06 12 450 6787 -13.5 -18.0 68 4.6 -15.0 263 20 326.3 326.7 292.6 333.4 2.05 13 400 7672 -19.8 -29.6 41 9.8 -22.0 267 25 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.2 0.82 14 350 8649 -26.9 -43.7 19 16.7 -28.9 267 28 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.23 15 300 9741 -35.1 -50.2 20 15.1 -36.3 276 37 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.13 16 250 10984 -45.3 -46.8 85 1.4 -45.4 276 47 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.23 17 200 12435 -55.8 -62.5 43 6.7 -55.9 274 56 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14219 -65.6 -74.4 28 8.8 -65.7 276 50 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16702 -65.0 -83.7 6 18.6 -65.2 183 7 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.94 m Freezing level: 549.06 mb = 5236.31 m = 17179.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.88 mb = 4380.72 m = 14372.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.55 % Est. max temperature: 23.00 C = 73.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 465.21 mb = 6530.95 m = 21426.73 ft T: -11.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.68 C/km ThetaE index: 5.27 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 461.33 mb = 6595.49 m = 21638.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3165.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 469.63 mb = 6458.15 m = 21187.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -10.3 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.57 Bulk Shear: 3.80 m/s