MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.86 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 584 2 900 1045 3 850 1535 4 800 2055 5 750 2610 SFC 723 2928 22.4 -4.6 16 26.9 7.9 256 15 324.3 325.0 293.5 336.8 3.77 7 700 3200 17.0 -6.6 19 23.6 5.1 252 21 321.3 322.0 292.3 332.3 3.33 8 650 3823 10.5 -8.5 25 19.0 1.5 249 26 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.1 3.10 9 600 4481 4.2 -9.9 35 14.1 -2.1 248 27 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.0 3.01 10 550 5180 -2.2 -11.3 50 9.1 -6.1 249 28 321.4 322.0 292.0 331.1 2.92 11 500 5928 -7.9 -15.4 55 7.5 -10.7 255 35 323.4 323.8 292.0 331.1 2.30 12 450 6739 -13.2 -21.4 50 8.2 -15.7 263 40 326.6 327.0 292.3 332.0 1.54 13 400 7625 -19.9 -28.7 45 8.9 -21.8 263 40 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.4 0.89 14 350 8600 -27.2 -37.4 37 10.3 -28.7 265 43 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.44 15 300 9695 -34.2 -46.8 27 12.6 -35.3 262 47 337.2 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.19 16 250 10944 -43.8 -47.2 69 3.4 -44.0 258 62 341.0 341.0 294.8 341.8 0.22 17 200 12405 -55.0 -58.5 65 3.5 -55.1 256 64 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14192 -65.7 -73.5 33 7.9 -65.8 258 65 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16650 -63.4 -83.3 5 19.9 -63.6 273 14 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.61 m Freezing level: 567.33 mb = 4937.91 m = 16200.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.76 mb = 4096.04 m = 13438.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.09 % Est. max temperature: 19.61 C = 67.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 483.07 mb = 6193.45 m = 20319.48 ft T: -9.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.14 C/km ThetaE index: 5.80 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 457.81 mb = 6606.88 m = 21675.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4553.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 486.45 mb = 6139.77 m = 20143.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 27.34 m/s