MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 113 1 950 550 2 900 1012 3 850 1501 4 800 2021 5 750 2576 SFC 709 3064 21.3 -11.6 10 32.9 5.7 265 13 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.5 2.22 7 700 3168 19.5 -14.1 9 33.6 4.5 263 17 324.1 324.5 291.8 330.4 1.84 8 650 3797 13.6 -18.0 10 31.6 0.8 259 22 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.43 9 600 4462 7.2 -19.1 13 26.3 -2.7 255 22 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.41 10 550 5168 0.4 -20.1 20 20.5 -6.8 251 21 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.4 1.41 11 500 5921 -6.9 -21.1 31 14.2 -11.5 247 20 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.5 1.42 12 450 6731 -13.7 -25.6 36 11.9 -16.9 249 21 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.7 1.05 13 400 7616 -19.7 -35.7 23 16.0 -22.6 260 30 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.46 14 350 8592 -27.3 -32.2 63 4.9 -28.2 262 38 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.73 15 300 9682 -35.8 -36.0 99 0.1 -35.8 268 44 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.59 16 250 10927 -43.6 -43.6 100 -0.0 -43.6 270 54 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.32 17 200 12389 -55.5 -55.9 95 0.4 -55.5 275 59 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14182 -62.4 -75.7 15 13.3 -62.5 273 40 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16654 -64.5 -83.3 6 18.8 -64.6 242 9 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.71 m Freezing level: 547.45 mb = 5205.95 m = 17079.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.25 mb = 3948.43 m = 12954.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.09 % Est. max temperature: 20.92 C = 69.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 431.23 mb = 7051.31 m = 23133.94 ft T: -15.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.21 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 376.46 mb = 8059.22 m = 26440.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5127.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 407.31 mb = 7480.06 m = 24540.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.0 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 287.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: -12.5 tot: 6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 7.57 m/s