MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.26,-106.94 Latitude: 39.26 Longitude: -106.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 1 950 609 2 900 1066 3 850 1547 4 800 2056 5 750 2595 SFC 719 2951 7.3 -8.8 31 16.1 0.3 131 4 308.2 308.7 287.7 316.8 2.72 7 700 3173 13.0 -10.7 18 23.7 2.4 162 3 316.9 317.3 290.2 324.8 2.41 8 650 3793 10.4 -12.5 19 22.9 0.5 225 9 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.3 2.25 9 600 4451 4.3 -14.2 25 18.5 -3.2 242 16 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.3 2.12 10 550 5150 -1.9 -17.9 28 16.0 -7.6 256 21 321.8 322.2 291.0 327.6 1.71 11 500 5899 -7.7 -22.8 29 15.1 -12.2 269 20 323.7 323.9 291.1 328.0 1.22 12 450 6710 -12.9 -34.0 15 21.1 -17.3 270 30 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.8 0.48 13 400 7596 -19.7 -42.9 11 23.2 -23.1 272 40 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.22 14 350 8574 -26.1 -47.0 12 21.0 -28.4 278 51 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.16 15 300 9669 -34.9 -50.5 19 15.6 -36.1 283 58 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.12 16 250 10916 -43.9 -48.6 59 4.7 -44.2 278 67 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.19 17 200 12382 -53.3 -65.0 23 11.7 -53.5 269 61 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14195 -61.4 -76.5 12 15.1 -61.5 266 37 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16656 -66.2 -83.0 8 16.8 -66.4 184 8 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.21 m Freezing level: 565.30 mb = 4936.24 m = 16194.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.73 mb = 3872.49 m = 12704.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.09 % Est. max temperature: 19.44 C = 66.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 560.32 mb = 5000.83 m = 16406.72 ft T: -0.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 415.62 mb = 7307.60 m = 23974.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.86 C = 78.55 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: 4.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6980.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 474.29 mb = 6305.52 m = 20687.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 100.61 m/s