MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 127 1 950 564 2 900 1026 3 850 1517 4 800 2039 5 750 2596 SFC 726 2872 24.2 -6.9 12 31.0 8.0 271 12 325.8 326.4 293.4 336.4 3.14 7 700 3188 18.2 -8.8 15 27.0 5.1 269 17 322.7 323.2 292.3 332.1 2.81 8 650 3814 11.9 -10.6 20 22.4 1.5 267 20 322.4 322.9 292.0 331.2 2.63 9 600 4475 5.5 -12.0 27 17.5 -2.1 267 21 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.0 2.54 10 550 5178 -1.1 -13.5 38 12.4 -6.1 269 22 322.8 323.2 292.0 331.0 2.46 11 500 5928 -7.5 -17.3 45 9.8 -11.0 272 24 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.5 1.96 12 450 6741 -11.8 -34.8 13 23.0 -16.7 277 27 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.44 13 400 7632 -18.0 -40.5 12 22.5 -21.7 286 23 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.28 14 350 8613 -26.1 -42.9 19 16.8 -28.2 282 19 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.25 15 300 9706 -35.7 -47.4 29 11.7 -36.7 288 18 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.7 0.18 16 250 10946 -45.6 -57.1 26 11.5 -46.1 277 15 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.07 17 200 12392 -57.5 -62.6 52 5.2 -57.6 286 27 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14163 -66.2 -67.9 78 1.8 -66.2 278 44 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.03 19 100 16648 -63.0 -84.2 4 21.2 -63.1 243 9 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.98 m Freezing level: 558.47 mb = 5058.60 m = 16596.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.76 mb = 4088.70 m = 13414.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.14 % Est. max temperature: 21.30 C = 70.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 456.85 mb = 6624.18 m = 21732.61 ft T: -11.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.41 C/km ThetaE index: 6.33 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 420.31 mb = 7256.96 m = 23808.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4779.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 461.74 mb = 6542.03 m = 21463.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.87 Bulk Shear: 6.27 m/s