MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 548 2 900 1010 3 850 1499 4 800 2020 5 750 2576 SFC 709 3064 23.4 -12.4 8 35.8 6.4 256 14 327.3 327.7 292.9 334.5 2.09 7 700 3170 20.1 -15.4 8 35.5 4.5 253 16 324.8 325.1 291.8 330.4 1.65 8 650 3799 13.7 -18.3 9 32.0 0.8 252 20 324.5 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.39 9 600 4464 7.2 -19.7 13 26.9 -2.9 249 19 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.33 10 550 5169 0.4 -21.0 18 21.4 -7.0 247 18 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.30 11 500 5923 -6.8 -22.1 28 15.3 -11.6 248 18 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.3 1.30 12 450 6733 -14.0 -25.3 38 11.4 -17.0 252 20 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.5 1.08 13 400 7615 -20.4 -36.8 22 16.3 -23.2 264 28 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.41 14 350 8590 -27.3 -38.4 34 11.1 -28.9 267 38 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.5 0.40 15 300 9680 -35.7 -40.8 60 5.1 -36.2 272 42 335.1 335.1 293.4 336.5 0.36 16 250 10923 -44.1 -44.2 99 0.1 -44.2 272 55 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 17 200 12384 -55.5 -56.3 90 0.8 -55.5 272 60 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.09 18 150 14178 -62.6 -75.5 16 12.8 -62.7 271 40 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16651 -64.9 -83.2 6 18.3 -65.1 226 18 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.25 m Freezing level: 547.13 mb = 5212.63 m = 17101.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.62 mb = 3945.69 m = 12945.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.85 % Est. max temperature: 20.97 C = 69.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 413.88 mb = 7359.74 m = 24145.84 ft T: -18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.77 C/km ThetaE index: 5.43 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 373.54 mb = 8114.73 m = 26622.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5629.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 401.04 mb = 7595.56 m = 24919.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -7.5 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 6.36 m/s