MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 185 1 950 621 2 900 1080 3 850 1565 4 800 2079 5 750 2626 SFC 724 2927 12.4 -6.9 25 19.2 3.2 175 3 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.3 3.16 7 700 3212 15.9 -8.3 18 24.2 4.2 272 11 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.8 2.92 8 650 3836 11.6 -10.1 21 21.7 1.5 274 22 322.0 322.6 292.0 331.2 2.73 9 600 4496 5.4 -10.6 30 16.0 -1.7 268 24 322.3 322.9 292.2 331.8 2.83 10 550 5198 -1.3 -11.2 47 9.9 -5.5 261 25 322.6 323.1 292.4 332.4 2.95 11 500 5949 -7.5 -15.6 52 8.1 -10.5 257 28 323.9 324.4 292.2 331.6 2.28 12 450 6760 -13.1 -27.3 29 14.2 -16.7 264 29 326.7 326.9 291.7 329.9 0.90 13 400 7646 -19.3 -34.4 25 15.0 -22.2 266 37 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.8 0.52 14 350 8625 -26.3 -46.7 13 20.4 -28.6 270 31 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 15 300 9719 -34.9 -49.5 21 14.6 -36.1 266 38 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.14 16 250 10965 -44.3 -46.6 78 2.2 -44.5 267 57 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.1 0.23 17 200 12424 -55.5 -57.1 82 1.6 -55.5 264 58 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.08 18 150 14209 -64.8 -73.8 28 9.0 -64.9 272 51 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16684 -66.4 -82.8 8 16.3 -66.5 199 12 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.16 m Freezing level: 559.64 mb = 5063.06 m = 16610.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.48 mb = 4139.81 m = 13581.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.27 % Est. max temperature: 20.84 C = 69.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 539.62 mb = 5348.48 m = 17547.31 ft T: -2.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 439.16 mb = 6943.68 m = 22780.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5775.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 480.70 mb = 6252.13 m = 20512.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -4.1 tot: 55.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 41.38 m/s