MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 7 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 200 1 950 636 2 900 1095 3 850 1579 4 800 2092 5 750 2637 SFC 725 2926 11.5 -4.0 34 15.5 3.8 158 4 312.2 312.9 290.2 324.6 3.93 7 700 3223 16.3 -5.2 22 21.5 5.2 239 6 320.5 321.2 292.4 332.6 3.70 8 650 3848 12.0 -5.9 28 17.9 2.9 266 17 322.5 323.3 293.0 335.0 3.78 9 600 4510 5.8 -6.9 39 12.7 -0.4 267 21 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.4 3.79 10 550 5214 -0.7 -8.6 55 7.9 -4.3 262 22 323.2 323.9 293.1 335.3 3.63 11 500 5966 -7.6 -11.8 71 4.3 -9.3 259 20 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.2 3.09 12 450 6776 -13.5 -16.7 77 3.1 -14.6 272 18 326.2 326.7 292.8 334.1 2.31 13 400 7663 -19.1 -24.7 61 5.6 -20.5 272 29 330.2 330.4 293.0 334.8 1.29 14 350 8644 -25.6 -34.9 42 9.2 -27.2 269 31 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.56 15 300 9741 -34.3 -37.1 75 2.8 -34.6 261 32 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.53 16 250 10990 -44.0 -46.2 79 2.2 -44.2 260 39 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.24 17 200 12449 -55.5 -58.0 74 2.5 -55.6 265 43 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14242 -64.2 -74.0 25 9.8 -64.3 268 42 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16702 -67.0 -83.2 8 16.2 -67.1 248 9 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.47 m Freezing level: 555.58 mb = 5135.36 m = 16848.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.84 mb = 4430.09 m = 14534.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.27 % Est. max temperature: 21.48 C = 70.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 572.05 mb = 4896.00 m = 16062.79 ft T: 2.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.69 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 479.88 mb = 6281.76 m = 20609.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.06 C = 73.51 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: 2.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4521.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 506.61 mb = 5862.20 m = 19232.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.9 neg: -8.9 tot: 52.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 38.90 m/s