MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 206 1 950 642 2 900 1099 3 850 1582 4 800 2092 5 750 2634 SFC 724 2926 9.4 -2.7 43 12.1 3.3 163 4 309.8 310.6 289.8 323.3 4.32 7 700 3215 14.1 -3.3 30 17.4 5.0 240 8 318.1 319.0 292.3 332.0 4.28 8 650 3837 10.9 -5.8 30 16.7 2.5 266 21 321.3 322.0 292.7 333.8 3.82 9 600 4497 5.0 -7.1 41 12.1 -0.8 268 25 321.9 322.6 292.9 334.2 3.74 10 550 5199 -1.6 -7.4 65 5.8 -4.3 263 28 322.2 323.0 293.2 335.3 3.99 11 500 5950 -7.3 -13.7 60 6.4 -9.8 260 32 324.1 324.6 292.5 333.0 2.65 12 450 6762 -12.4 -24.5 36 12.1 -15.8 267 34 327.6 327.9 292.2 331.8 1.17 13 400 7651 -18.6 -31.4 31 12.8 -21.3 273 33 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.69 14 350 8632 -25.6 -38.8 28 13.2 -27.6 267 31 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.7 0.38 15 300 9731 -33.9 -43.4 38 9.5 -34.9 260 37 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.7 0.28 16 250 10982 -43.8 -51.4 43 7.6 -44.2 264 36 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.14 17 200 12440 -55.5 -59.7 59 4.2 -55.6 260 43 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14224 -66.1 -70.2 56 4.1 -66.1 263 38 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16665 -66.3 -83.3 8 17.0 -66.5 269 11 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.17 m Freezing level: 562.28 mb = 5026.63 m = 16491.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.98 mb = 4334.34 m = 14220.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.58 % Est. max temperature: 20.52 C = 68.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 602.12 mb = 4468.36 m = 14659.80 ft T: 5.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 484.08 mb = 6199.07 m = 20337.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.39 C = 74.10 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: 2.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4824.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 525.75 mb = 5554.01 m = 18221.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 62.48 m/s