MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 138 1 950 575 2 900 1037 3 850 1527 4 800 2049 5 750 2607 SFC 723 2928 22.7 -6.5 14 29.2 7.5 272 15 324.6 325.3 293.2 335.5 3.24 7 700 3200 19.0 -8.7 14 27.7 5.4 270 21 323.5 324.1 292.5 333.0 2.83 8 650 3828 12.9 -10.9 18 23.7 2.0 265 26 323.5 324.1 292.3 332.2 2.57 9 600 4491 6.5 -11.9 25 18.4 -1.6 260 25 323.6 324.1 292.3 332.2 2.55 10 550 5196 -0.3 -13.1 37 12.8 -5.5 256 24 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.3 2.54 11 500 5948 -7.5 -14.3 58 6.8 -10.1 252 23 323.9 324.4 292.4 332.4 2.52 12 450 6757 -14.3 -20.2 61 5.9 -16.1 253 27 325.3 325.6 292.0 331.1 1.70 13 400 7640 -20.0 -33.6 29 13.7 -22.6 263 37 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.1 0.56 14 350 8617 -26.8 -45.4 15 18.6 -28.9 272 31 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 15 300 9708 -35.7 -51.8 18 16.1 -36.8 271 38 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 16 250 10950 -44.7 -50.5 52 5.8 -45.0 267 57 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.15 17 200 12409 -55.6 -57.3 81 1.8 -55.6 268 68 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14192 -65.2 -73.1 33 7.9 -65.3 272 58 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16677 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.5 138 7 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.34 m Freezing level: 552.24 mb = 5164.39 m = 16943.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.22 mb = 4189.92 m = 13746.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.98 % Est. max temperature: 21.83 C = 71.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 466.44 mb = 6481.70 m = 21265.17 ft T: -11.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.64 C/km ThetaE index: 3.30 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 445.70 mb = 6829.07 m = 22404.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.52 C = 74.33 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4155.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 456.66 mb = 6644.32 m = 21798.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -19.7 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 8.98 m/s