MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 135 1 950 572 2 900 1034 3 850 1525 4 800 2047 5 750 2605 SFC 722 2928 24.2 -5.7 13 29.9 8.3 266 16 326.3 327.0 293.8 337.9 3.45 7 700 3198 19.0 -7.8 16 26.7 5.6 263 23 323.5 324.1 292.7 333.7 3.04 8 650 3826 12.5 -9.6 20 22.1 2.1 259 28 323.1 323.6 292.4 332.6 2.83 9 600 4488 6.1 -10.9 28 16.9 -1.5 256 27 323.1 323.7 292.4 332.5 2.78 10 550 5192 -0.6 -12.2 41 11.6 -5.5 255 27 323.4 323.9 292.4 332.5 2.72 11 500 5944 -7.7 -13.5 63 5.8 -9.9 255 27 323.7 324.2 292.4 332.8 2.71 12 450 6752 -14.2 -19.1 66 4.9 -15.7 259 32 325.4 325.8 292.2 331.8 1.88 13 400 7636 -20.1 -30.8 38 10.8 -22.3 262 39 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.73 14 350 8612 -26.7 -44.1 18 17.4 -28.7 270 33 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.22 15 300 9705 -35.2 -52.6 15 17.5 -36.4 267 41 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 16 250 10950 -44.5 -49.2 59 4.7 -44.8 261 57 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.6 0.17 17 200 12408 -55.5 -57.6 77 2.1 -55.5 260 70 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.08 18 150 14193 -65.7 -72.3 39 6.6 -65.8 264 62 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16662 -62.3 -83.5 4 21.2 -62.6 325 8 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.59 m Freezing level: 554.53 mb = 5128.38 m = 16825.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.03 mb = 4203.26 m = 13790.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.88 % Est. max temperature: 21.43 C = 70.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 462.28 mb = 6545.69 m = 21475.11 ft T: -12.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.45 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 455.08 mb = 6666.23 m = 21870.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.18 C = 73.73 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4238.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 464.69 mb = 6505.78 m = 21344.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -7.4 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 10.32 m/s