MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 152 1 950 590 2 900 1053 3 850 1544 4 800 2067 5 750 2627 SFC 724 2929 25.1 -4.2 14 29.3 9.0 263 14 327.0 327.8 294.3 340.0 3.86 7 700 3221 19.6 -6.0 17 25.7 6.3 259 18 324.2 324.9 293.3 335.8 3.48 8 650 3850 13.2 -7.8 22 21.0 2.9 255 22 323.8 324.5 293.0 334.8 3.27 9 600 4515 6.7 -9.2 31 15.9 -0.7 251 21 323.9 324.5 292.9 334.5 3.18 10 550 5220 0.1 -10.6 45 10.7 -4.6 249 20 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.5 3.10 11 500 5974 -7.0 -12.0 68 4.9 -9.1 249 20 324.5 325.1 293.0 334.7 3.06 12 450 6785 -13.6 -17.4 73 3.8 -14.9 255 22 326.1 326.5 292.7 333.5 2.16 13 400 7669 -19.5 -29.7 40 10.3 -21.7 261 28 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.7 0.81 14 350 8648 -26.4 -36.4 38 10.0 -28.0 259 34 333.2 333.3 293.0 335.0 0.49 15 300 9742 -35.3 -37.2 82 1.9 -35.5 263 38 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.6 0.52 16 250 10985 -45.0 -46.5 84 1.5 -45.1 270 42 339.2 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.23 17 200 12436 -56.2 -58.2 78 2.0 -56.2 274 51 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.07 18 150 14220 -66.1 -75.0 28 8.9 -66.2 277 53 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16689 -64.5 -83.2 6 18.7 -64.7 106 10 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.13 m Freezing level: 549.59 mb = 5226.26 m = 17146.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.56 mb = 4383.53 m = 14381.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.51 % Est. max temperature: 22.33 C = 72.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 468.32 mb = 6477.47 m = 21251.30 ft T: -11.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.68 C/km ThetaE index: 5.47 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 465.23 mb = 6528.44 m = 21418.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3698.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 472.79 mb = 6404.45 m = 21011.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -9.0 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.43 Bulk Shear: 5.43 m/s