MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 111 1 950 548 2 900 1011 3 850 1503 4 800 2027 5 750 2589 SFC 726 2872 24.8 -1.3 18 26.0 9.9 264 16 326.5 327.4 294.9 342.4 4.80 7 700 3186 20.5 -2.9 20 23.4 7.6 263 26 325.2 326.0 294.3 339.8 4.41 8 650 3817 14.4 -4.9 26 19.3 4.2 263 32 325.2 326.0 294.0 338.8 4.08 9 600 4485 7.9 -6.3 36 14.2 0.8 262 32 325.3 326.1 294.0 338.6 3.98 10 550 5194 1.2 -7.7 51 8.9 -3.1 261 31 325.5 326.3 293.9 338.4 3.88 11 500 5951 -6.0 -9.4 76 3.5 -7.5 258 30 325.8 326.5 293.9 338.3 3.74 12 450 6765 -12.9 -14.7 87 1.7 -13.6 255 31 327.0 327.5 293.4 336.2 2.73 13 400 7651 -19.1 -25.7 56 6.7 -20.8 264 38 330.2 330.4 292.9 334.4 1.17 14 350 8632 -26.2 -36.3 38 10.1 -27.8 265 43 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.3 0.49 15 300 9725 -35.4 -42.8 47 7.4 -36.1 265 44 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.6 0.29 16 250 10969 -44.5 -52.5 41 8.0 -44.9 261 45 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.12 17 200 12429 -54.6 -62.3 38 7.7 -54.8 263 50 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14226 -64.3 -76.7 17 12.4 -64.4 261 42 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16683 -66.7 -83.6 8 16.9 -66.8 236 19 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.96 m Freezing level: 541.75 mb = 5318.72 m = 17449.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.90 mb = 4623.25 m = 15167.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.59 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 493.08 mb = 6058.42 m = 19876.45 ft T: -6.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.57 C/km ThetaE index: 8.08 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 483.79 mb = 6205.53 m = 20359.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 488.72 mb = 6127.08 m = 20101.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 473.72 mb = 6368.14 m = 20892.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.72 mb = 10604.22 m = 34790.33 ft B at Equ Level: 135.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.72 mb = 12308.25 m = 40380.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.7 neg: -13.9 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 10.89 Bulk Shear: 12.75 m/s