MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 149 1 950 587 2 900 1049 3 850 1540 4 800 2063 5 750 2622 SFC 729 2872 24.3 -0.9 19 25.2 9.8 260 11 325.6 326.6 294.7 341.8 4.90 7 700 3215 18.6 -2.4 24 21.0 7.1 258 16 323.1 324.0 293.9 338.1 4.58 8 650 3843 12.2 -3.9 32 16.1 3.7 256 21 322.8 323.6 293.6 337.2 4.41 9 600 4505 5.8 -5.2 45 10.9 0.3 254 23 322.8 323.6 293.6 337.1 4.35 10 550 5209 -0.9 -6.5 66 5.6 -3.6 254 23 323.0 323.9 293.6 337.2 4.29 11 500 5961 -7.4 -8.7 90 1.3 -8.0 253 24 324.0 324.8 293.6 337.1 3.96 12 450 6771 -14.5 -14.6 99 0.1 -14.5 255 29 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.3 2.74 13 400 7654 -19.4 -28.3 45 8.8 -21.5 268 33 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.1 0.93 14 350 8633 -26.2 -35.7 41 9.5 -27.8 263 34 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.4 0.52 15 300 9728 -34.9 -41.9 49 7.0 -35.6 254 32 336.2 336.3 293.7 337.5 0.32 16 250 10973 -44.9 -48.5 67 3.6 -45.1 252 43 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12428 -55.5 -59.7 60 4.1 -55.6 262 48 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14217 -64.3 -76.2 18 12.0 -64.4 274 45 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16675 -65.4 -83.6 6 18.3 -65.5 181 5 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.32 m Freezing level: 556.61 mb = 5115.56 m = 16783.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.66 mb = 4550.15 m = 14928.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.68 % Est. max temperature: 21.80 C = 71.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 500.73 mb = 5949.03 m = 19517.58 ft T: -7.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.47 C/km ThetaE index: 4.76 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 503.91 mb = 5899.13 m = 19353.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.91 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 508.14 mb = 5833.13 m = 19137.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 493.14 mb = 6066.76 m = 19903.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.14 mb = 8983.58 m = 29473.32 ft B at Equ Level: 108.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.14 mb = 11714.01 m = 38431.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.11 Bulk Shear: 17.73 m/s