MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 109 1 950 546 2 900 1009 3 850 1500 4 800 2024 5 750 2584 SFC 726 2872 25.7 -7.7 10 33.4 8.3 268 14 327.6 328.2 293.7 337.6 2.94 7 700 3180 20.0 -9.6 13 29.6 5.6 268 19 324.6 325.2 292.7 333.6 2.64 8 650 3809 13.6 -11.4 17 24.9 2.1 268 23 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.6 2.46 9 600 4474 7.1 -12.7 23 19.8 -1.5 267 22 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.5 2.41 10 550 5180 0.4 -14.0 33 14.4 -5.5 268 21 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.5 2.35 11 500 5934 -6.8 -15.3 51 8.5 -10.0 269 20 324.8 325.2 292.4 332.7 2.34 12 450 6746 -13.1 -22.4 45 9.4 -15.8 274 24 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.7 1.41 13 400 7634 -18.4 -39.0 15 20.6 -21.9 280 22 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.33 14 350 8614 -26.4 -41.4 23 15.0 -28.3 279 18 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.29 15 300 9706 -36.0 -45.1 39 9.1 -36.8 279 17 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.23 16 250 10945 -45.8 -56.0 31 10.2 -46.2 274 19 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.08 17 200 12390 -57.7 -61.4 62 3.7 -57.8 296 23 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 14160 -64.9 -69.2 55 4.3 -64.9 283 40 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16656 -63.4 -84.2 4 20.8 -63.6 261 8 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.31 m Freezing level: 547.38 mb = 5219.67 m = 17124.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.46 mb = 4195.58 m = 13764.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.55 % Est. max temperature: 22.86 C = 73.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 440.75 mb = 6902.09 m = 22644.37 ft T: -14.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.73 C/km ThetaE index: 5.09 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 420.70 mb = 7253.08 m = 23795.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4073.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 444.96 mb = 6830.49 m = 22409.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.50 Bulk Shear: 1.70 m/s