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: 39.26,-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 105 1 950 542 2 900 1005 3 850 1495 4 800 2017 5 750 2576 SFC 718 2954 24.6 -12.9 7 37.5 6.8 255 13 327.3 327.7 292.8 334.1 1.97 7 700 3170 20.1 -15.9 8 35.9 4.4 253 17 324.7 325.0 291.7 330.2 1.58 8 650 3799 13.6 -18.4 9 32.0 0.8 252 20 324.4 324.6 291.5 329.2 1.38 9 600 4464 7.1 -19.7 13 26.8 -2.9 249 19 324.3 324.6 291.4 329.0 1.33 10 550 5169 0.4 -21.0 18 21.3 -7.0 246 17 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.30 11 500 5923 -6.8 -22.1 29 15.2 -11.6 247 17 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.2 1.30 12 450 6733 -14.0 -25.4 37 11.4 -17.0 251 20 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.4 1.07 13 400 7615 -20.3 -38.5 18 18.2 -23.2 264 29 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.34 14 350 8589 -27.2 -38.4 34 11.2 -28.8 266 38 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.5 0.40 15 300 9680 -35.7 -41.2 57 5.6 -36.2 271 41 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.4 0.35 16 250 10923 -44.1 -44.2 100 0.0 -44.2 271 55 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 17 200 12384 -55.5 -56.2 92 0.7 -55.5 272 60 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14177 -62.7 -75.4 16 12.8 -62.8 271 41 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16651 -65.0 -83.2 6 18.3 -65.1 225 18 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.30 m Freezing level: 547.51 mb = 5206.68 m = 17082.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.41 mb = 3935.46 m = 12911.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.60 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 409.31 mb = 7442.31 m = 24416.73 ft T: -19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.77 C/km ThetaE index: 5.16 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 373.54 mb = 8114.33 m = 26621.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5579.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 401.26 mb = 7591.05 m = 24904.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: -8.3 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.35 Bulk Shear: 6.02 m/s