MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 131 1 950 569 2 900 1031 3 850 1522 4 800 2046 5 750 2605 SFC 727 2873 24.4 1.3 22 23.1 10.6 246 14 325.9 327.1 295.5 345.0 5.79 7 700 3199 18.8 -0.5 27 19.3 7.8 246 22 323.3 324.3 294.4 340.5 5.26 8 650 3828 13.0 -3.1 32 16.1 4.4 257 26 323.7 324.6 294.1 339.2 4.70 9 600 4493 7.1 -5.1 41 12.2 0.9 261 28 324.4 325.2 294.0 338.8 4.36 10 550 5200 0.6 -7.0 57 7.6 -3.0 262 28 324.8 325.7 294.0 338.5 4.13 11 500 5956 -6.2 -9.0 80 2.8 -7.4 263 29 325.5 326.3 293.9 338.5 3.88 12 450 6770 -13.0 -14.3 90 1.3 -13.5 261 29 326.9 327.4 293.4 336.4 2.80 13 400 7656 -19.0 -24.5 62 5.5 -20.4 257 33 330.4 330.6 293.1 335.0 1.32 14 350 8637 -26.1 -31.7 59 5.6 -27.2 252 35 333.5 333.7 293.4 336.4 0.77 15 300 9733 -34.6 -39.3 62 4.7 -35.1 249 38 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.3 0.42 16 250 10978 -45.0 -48.2 70 3.2 -45.2 251 44 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12433 -55.5 -60.2 56 4.7 -55.6 264 51 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14223 -64.6 -76.1 19 11.5 -64.7 272 45 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16679 -65.9 -83.4 7 17.5 -66.1 201 15 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.65 m Freezing level: 545.32 mb = 5271.01 m = 17293.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.55 mb = 4649.54 m = 15254.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.12 % Est. max temperature: 23.18 C = 73.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 516.18 mb = 5703.43 m = 18711.81 ft T: -3.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.05 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 504.35 mb = 5887.32 m = 19315.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.16 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 514.85 mb = 5723.90 m = 18778.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 479.85 mb = 6273.74 m = 20582.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.85 mb = 10981.93 m = 36029.51 ft B at Equ Level: 185.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.85 mb = 12756.89 m = 41852.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 11.97 Bulk Shear: 15.54 m/s