MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 126 1 950 563 2 900 1024 3 850 1513 4 800 2033 5 750 2588 SFC 719 2953 22.3 -10.7 10 33.0 6.3 257 8 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.7 2.35 7 700 3177 17.7 -13.0 11 30.7 3.9 248 10 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.9 2.00 8 650 3802 11.4 -15.3 14 26.7 0.3 241 14 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.0 1.79 9 600 4461 5.0 -16.8 19 21.8 -3.4 236 15 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.7 1.71 10 550 5162 -1.6 -18.4 27 16.8 -7.6 237 16 322.1 322.5 291.0 327.7 1.63 11 500 5911 -7.7 -24.8 24 17.1 -12.6 252 21 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.3 1.02 12 450 6721 -13.5 -37.5 11 23.9 -18.0 264 27 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.34 13 400 7605 -19.9 -41.3 13 21.3 -23.1 271 32 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.26 14 350 8581 -26.8 -44.2 18 17.4 -28.9 276 40 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.21 15 300 9674 -35.2 -45.0 36 9.8 -36.1 278 45 335.8 335.8 293.5 336.7 0.23 16 250 10919 -44.4 -46.8 77 2.4 -44.5 275 58 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.23 17 200 12379 -54.8 -55.9 88 1.1 -54.8 276 65 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.10 18 150 14176 -62.7 -75.2 17 12.5 -62.8 269 37 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16647 -64.8 -83.2 6 18.4 -65.0 212 21 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.24 m Freezing level: 562.35 mb = 4988.88 m = 16367.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3854.89 m = 12647.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.02 % Est. max temperature: 19.88 C = 67.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 437.73 mb = 6928.55 m = 22731.20 ft T: -15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.29 C/km ThetaE index: 4.98 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 396.29 mb = 7673.16 m = 25174.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.67 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5808.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 434.06 mb = 6991.67 m = 22938.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 27.33 m/s