MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 39.35,-106.89 Latitude: 39.35 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 1 950 612 2 900 1073 3 850 1561 4 800 2080 5 750 2632 SFC 729 2870 19.7 -0.1 27 19.8 8.5 238 2 320.5 321.5 293.7 337.4 5.23 7 700 3219 16.1 -1.6 30 17.7 6.4 230 5 320.3 321.3 293.3 336.1 4.87 8 650 3843 10.5 -3.1 38 13.6 3.4 247 11 320.9 321.8 293.3 336.1 4.69 9 600 4502 4.5 -4.3 53 8.8 0.0 255 17 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.5 4.63 10 550 5203 -1.6 -6.9 67 5.3 -4.1 257 24 322.2 323.0 293.3 335.8 4.13 11 500 5954 -7.8 -12.2 71 4.4 -9.5 263 32 323.6 324.2 292.7 333.6 3.00 12 450 6764 -13.9 -17.2 76 3.3 -15.0 261 34 325.8 326.2 292.6 333.3 2.20 13 400 7648 -19.6 -25.8 58 6.2 -21.1 259 36 329.5 329.8 292.7 333.7 1.17 14 350 8628 -25.4 -36.6 35 11.2 -27.2 264 35 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.3 0.48 15 300 9727 -34.2 -41.4 48 7.1 -35.0 260 31 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.5 0.34 16 250 10973 -44.9 -49.5 60 4.7 -45.2 258 37 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.0 0.17 17 200 12428 -55.6 -62.0 44 6.5 -55.7 263 43 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14217 -64.4 -76.2 19 11.7 -64.6 276 44 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16677 -63.7 -83.8 5 20.1 -63.9 302 8 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.10 m Freezing level: 563.03 mb = 5020.38 m = 16470.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.76 mb = 4505.26 m = 14780.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.48 % Est. max temperature: 20.80 C = 69.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 542.47 mb = 5311.71 m = 17426.67 ft T: -2.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 1.34 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 515.62 mb = 5711.27 m = 18737.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.79 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 532.83 mb = 5452.91 m = 17889.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 467.83 mb = 6464.91 m = 21210.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 407.83 mb = 7502.32 m = 24613.62 ft B at Equ Level: 8.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.83 mb = 8066.56 m = 26464.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.4 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 289.4 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 64.33 m/s