MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 40.53,-105.87 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -105.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 549 2 900 1012 3 850 1503 4 800 2026 5 750 2586 SFC 723 2899 24.7 -4.4 14 29.0 8.8 270 16 326.7 327.5 294.2 339.5 3.82 7 700 3184 20.4 -6.3 16 26.7 6.5 270 27 325.1 325.8 293.4 336.5 3.41 8 650 3815 13.9 -7.6 22 21.5 3.2 269 31 324.7 325.4 293.3 335.9 3.33 9 600 4481 7.4 -8.5 31 15.9 -0.2 266 30 324.7 325.4 293.3 336.0 3.36 10 550 5188 0.6 -9.4 47 10.0 -3.9 265 28 324.8 325.5 293.4 336.2 3.41 11 500 5943 -6.8 -10.1 77 3.4 -8.2 264 27 324.8 325.5 293.4 336.6 3.54 12 450 6755 -13.3 -13.5 98 0.2 -13.3 260 27 326.5 327.1 293.5 336.7 3.01 13 400 7640 -20.6 -20.7 100 0.0 -20.7 253 27 328.2 328.5 292.9 334.6 1.85 14 350 8615 -27.4 -28.0 94 0.6 -27.5 262 33 331.9 332.1 293.3 335.8 1.09 15 300 9704 -35.9 -36.1 98 0.2 -35.9 267 37 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.0 0.58 16 250 10942 -46.8 -47.3 94 0.5 -46.8 270 44 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.3 0.21 17 200 12387 -56.5 -64.3 37 7.8 -56.6 269 57 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 14174 -64.5 -76.1 19 11.6 -64.6 270 66 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16662 -63.2 -83.9 5 20.6 -63.4 257 8 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.53 m Freezing level: 545.73 mb = 5252.62 m = 17232.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.30 mb = 4449.13 m = 14596.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.07 % Est. max temperature: 22.94 C = 73.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 469.40 mb = 6430.01 m = 21095.56 ft T: -10.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.86 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 462.50 mb = 6544.19 m = 21470.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.12 C = 75.41 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 468.56 mb = 6443.78 m = 21140.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 433.56 mb = 7034.95 m = 23080.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.56 mb = 9391.78 m = 30812.54 ft B at Equ Level: 65.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.56 mb = 11665.62 m = 38272.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.8 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 292.8 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -16.0 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.08 Bulk Shear: 4.17 m/s