MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 152 1 950 588 2 900 1047 3 850 1532 4 800 2045 5 750 2591 SFC 719 2953 12.0 -13.7 15 25.7 1.4 188 4 313.4 313.8 288.6 319.5 1.85 7 700 3177 15.9 -15.4 10 31.3 2.7 259 11 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.7 1.65 8 650 3801 11.9 -18.1 11 30.1 0.1 261 25 322.5 322.7 291.0 327.3 1.41 9 600 4462 5.8 -19.8 14 25.6 -3.6 248 28 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.4 1.33 10 550 5165 -0.7 -20.9 20 20.1 -7.5 239 28 323.2 323.5 291.1 327.8 1.32 11 500 5916 -7.0 -25.0 22 18.0 -12.2 242 26 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.0 1.00 12 450 6728 -12.7 -30.0 22 17.3 -16.8 259 30 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.70 13 400 7615 -19.6 -29.9 40 10.3 -21.8 260 35 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.4 0.80 14 350 8591 -27.1 -32.6 60 5.5 -28.1 260 41 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.8 0.71 15 300 9683 -35.1 -36.0 92 0.9 -35.2 263 52 335.9 336.1 293.9 338.2 0.59 16 250 10931 -43.4 -43.7 98 0.2 -43.5 266 54 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.8 0.32 17 200 12393 -55.5 -55.7 97 0.2 -55.5 262 57 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14191 -62.0 -75.6 15 13.6 -62.1 266 35 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16662 -64.8 -83.1 6 18.3 -65.0 174 10 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.63 m Freezing level: 555.59 mb = 5086.15 m = 16686.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.92 mb = 3814.57 m = 12514.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.37 % Est. max temperature: 20.81 C = 69.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 484.23 mb = 6163.04 m = 20219.69 ft T: -8.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 718.6- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 372.07 mb = 8143.93 m = 26718.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6842.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 422.84 mb = 7196.73 m = 23611.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.8 neg: -18.3 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 43.93 m/s