MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 169 1 950 606 2 900 1068 3 850 1558 4 800 2079 5 750 2636 SFC 725 2928 23.1 -1.7 19 24.9 9.1 261 12 324.8 325.8 294.4 340.2 4.65 7 700 3227 17.5 -3.4 24 20.9 6.3 256 17 321.9 322.7 293.3 335.9 4.25 8 650 3852 11.1 -5.2 31 16.3 2.8 250 20 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.6 3.99 9 600 4512 4.7 -6.9 43 11.6 -0.9 246 21 321.6 322.3 292.8 334.1 3.80 10 550 5212 -1.8 -8.7 59 6.8 -4.9 246 21 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.9 3.61 11 500 5961 -7.7 -14.9 56 7.2 -10.4 254 25 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.8 2.41 12 450 6774 -12.1 -31.8 18 19.7 -16.6 270 30 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.2 0.59 13 400 7663 -18.8 -32.0 30 13.2 -21.5 268 29 330.5 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.65 14 350 8642 -26.4 -35.8 40 9.5 -27.9 262 33 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.2 0.51 15 300 9736 -35.3 -41.1 55 5.8 -35.9 259 37 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.0 0.35 16 250 10979 -45.2 -47.0 82 1.8 -45.3 264 42 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.22 17 200 12431 -55.8 -59.7 62 3.9 -55.9 271 53 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14215 -65.9 -74.1 31 8.2 -66.0 270 53 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16677 -63.0 -83.5 5 20.5 -63.2 66 12 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.38 m Freezing level: 563.85 mb = 5018.13 m = 16463.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.64 mb = 4353.21 m = 14282.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.31 % Est. max temperature: 20.35 C = 68.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 500.38 mb = 5955.53 m = 19538.89 ft T: -7.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.23 C/km ThetaE index: 10.01 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 492.77 mb = 6073.75 m = 19926.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.60 C = 72.68 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3516.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 506.92 mb = 5853.36 m = 19203.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 38.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 12.61 m/s