MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 39.37,-106.89 Latitude: 39.37 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 169 1 950 604 2 900 1061 3 850 1543 4 800 2052 5 750 2592 SFC 728 2842 8.1 -8.2 31 16.3 0.9 138 3 307.9 308.5 287.7 316.8 2.82 7 700 3172 14.2 -9.8 18 24.0 3.1 189 3 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.7 2.58 8 650 3794 11.2 -11.9 19 23.1 1.0 268 8 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.6 2.36 9 600 4454 5.3 -13.0 25 18.3 -2.4 292 20 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.2 2.34 10 550 5156 -1.2 -14.4 36 13.2 -6.4 291 26 322.7 323.2 291.8 330.4 2.28 11 500 5906 -7.7 -18.0 43 10.3 -11.2 292 27 323.6 324.0 291.7 330.0 1.86 12 450 6715 -13.6 -27.1 31 13.5 -17.0 293 31 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.4 0.92 13 400 7604 -17.7 -43.2 9 25.5 -21.6 290 24 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.8 0.21 14 350 8588 -25.5 -43.7 17 18.2 -27.8 285 20 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.23 15 300 9685 -34.1 -38.5 64 4.5 -34.7 298 16 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.1 0.46 16 250 10938 -43.6 -48.5 59 4.8 -44.0 299 7 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.19 17 200 12396 -56.2 -61.6 50 5.4 -56.3 316 7 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14163 -68.2 -69.1 88 0.9 -68.2 300 15 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 19 100 16629 -62.2 -84.8 3 22.7 -62.4 305 10 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.95 m Freezing level: 558.93 mb = 5030.39 m = 16503.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.79 mb = 3975.81 m = 13043.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.93 % Est. max temperature: 21.34 C = 70.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 566.18 mb = 4921.85 m = 16147.60 ft T: 1.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 410.16 mb = 7414.82 m = 24326.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6789.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 480.07 mb = 6218.60 m = 20401.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.2 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 319.2 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 66.73 m/s