MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 154 1 950 590 2 900 1050 3 850 1535 4 800 2050 5 750 2597 SFC 719 2951 16.6 -7.9 18 24.5 4.8 217 2 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.0 2.93 7 700 3179 14.8 -10.5 16 25.3 3.2 185 4 318.9 319.4 290.9 327.0 2.45 8 650 3799 9.8 -14.4 17 24.2 -0.2 225 9 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.6 1.93 9 600 4456 3.9 -16.3 21 20.3 -3.8 240 14 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.7 1.78 10 550 5155 -2.0 -19.3 25 17.3 -7.9 242 19 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.9 1.50 11 500 5904 -7.6 -27.2 19 19.7 -12.8 257 26 323.8 324.0 290.8 326.7 0.82 12 450 6714 -13.6 -37.4 11 23.9 -18.0 267 32 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.34 13 400 7599 -19.4 -43.0 10 23.6 -22.8 276 38 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.21 14 350 8577 -26.4 -45.2 15 18.8 -28.6 277 44 333.2 333.2 292.8 333.9 0.19 15 300 9671 -35.0 -45.3 34 10.3 -36.0 283 50 336.0 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.22 16 250 10916 -44.3 -47.6 69 3.4 -44.5 279 59 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12377 -54.5 -56.2 82 1.6 -54.6 279 70 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.10 18 150 14178 -63.0 -74.9 19 11.9 -63.1 268 40 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16649 -65.1 -83.2 7 18.0 -65.3 183 23 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.73 m Freezing level: 566.95 mb = 4918.02 m = 16135.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.13 mb = 3759.19 m = 12333.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.10 % Est. max temperature: 19.26 C = 66.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 495.84 mb = 5968.10 m = 19580.14 ft T: -8.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 1.46 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 406.84 mb = 7471.33 m = 24511.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6805.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 460.73 mb = 6532.38 m = 21431.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 80.91 m/s