MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 151 1 950 587 2 900 1048 3 850 1535 4 800 2052 5 750 2602 SFC 727 2870 18.8 -5.7 18 24.5 6.3 256 5 319.8 320.5 292.0 331.1 3.44 7 700 3188 15.6 -7.8 19 23.4 4.2 247 9 319.8 320.4 291.7 329.8 3.04 8 650 3809 10.2 -9.5 24 19.8 1.1 261 17 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.0 2.86 9 600 4468 4.6 -11.4 30 16.0 -2.4 270 25 321.4 321.9 291.8 330.3 2.66 10 550 5168 -1.7 -13.5 40 11.8 -6.4 272 31 322.1 322.6 291.8 330.3 2.45 11 500 5918 -7.2 -20.1 35 12.9 -11.4 275 32 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.6 1.55 12 450 6731 -12.0 -35.8 12 23.8 -16.9 276 29 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.7 0.40 13 400 7622 -17.6 -43.2 9 25.5 -21.5 284 23 332.1 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.21 14 350 8606 -25.6 -45.4 14 19.7 -28.0 290 23 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 15 300 9701 -35.1 -51.1 18 16.0 -36.3 292 22 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.12 16 250 10944 -45.5 -57.8 24 12.3 -46.0 267 11 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12392 -56.9 -62.8 47 5.9 -57.1 278 32 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14170 -65.2 -69.1 59 3.9 -65.3 276 50 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16649 -62.4 -84.2 4 21.8 -62.6 239 9 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.69 m Freezing level: 563.32 mb = 4981.52 m = 16343.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.89 mb = 4015.74 m = 13174.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.64 % Est. max temperature: 20.54 C = 68.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 502.69 mb = 5876.02 m = 19278.04 ft T: -6.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 1.25 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 430.37 mb = 7068.69 m = 23190.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.78 C = 82.01 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5206.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 486.14 mb = 6135.07 m = 20127.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 305.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 40.60 m/s