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: 39.26,-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 107 1 950 544 2 900 1006 3 850 1496 4 800 2018 5 750 2575 SFC 718 2954 22.5 -12.4 9 34.9 6.1 265 13 325.0 325.4 292.3 332.1 2.05 7 700 3168 19.5 -15.0 8 34.5 4.3 262 18 324.1 324.5 291.7 330.0 1.70 8 650 3797 13.6 -18.0 10 31.6 0.8 258 23 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.3 1.43 9 600 4462 7.1 -19.0 14 26.1 -2.7 253 22 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.42 10 550 5167 0.3 -20.0 20 20.3 -6.8 249 21 324.5 324.7 291.6 329.4 1.43 11 500 5921 -7.0 -20.9 32 14.0 -11.5 245 20 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.5 1.44 12 450 6731 -13.8 -25.8 35 12.0 -16.9 248 21 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.6 1.04 13 400 7615 -19.7 -35.7 23 16.0 -22.6 259 30 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.46 14 350 8591 -27.3 -32.0 64 4.7 -28.2 262 38 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.74 15 300 9681 -35.8 -36.0 99 0.1 -35.8 268 44 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.59 16 250 10926 -43.6 -43.6 100 -0.0 -43.6 269 54 341.2 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12388 -55.5 -55.7 97 0.2 -55.5 275 59 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14181 -62.4 -75.8 15 13.4 -62.5 273 40 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16653 -64.5 -83.2 6 18.7 -64.7 241 9 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.06 m Freezing level: 547.78 mb = 5200.63 m = 17062.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.25 mb = 3948.32 m = 12953.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.91 % Est. max temperature: 21.95 C = 71.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 424.71 mb = 7165.29 m = 23507.89 ft T: -16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.63 C/km ThetaE index: 2.78 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 376.27 mb = 8062.45 m = 26451.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.50 C = 81.51 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5134.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 407.18 mb = 7481.88 m = 24546.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -13.8 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 7.69 m/s