MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.89 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 1 950 620 2 900 1081 3 850 1568 4 800 2086 5 750 2638 SFC 728 2898 19.3 -1.8 24 21.0 7.8 249 5 320.3 321.2 293.2 335.3 4.62 7 700 3225 15.8 -3.7 26 19.5 5.6 250 10 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.5 4.16 8 650 3847 10.2 -5.1 34 15.3 2.5 258 18 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.7 4.02 9 600 4505 4.2 -6.0 48 10.1 -0.8 259 26 320.9 321.7 292.9 334.3 4.09 10 550 5206 -1.8 -8.7 59 6.9 -4.9 260 36 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.8 3.61 11 500 5956 -7.7 -12.2 70 4.4 -9.5 263 38 323.6 324.2 292.7 333.7 3.00 12 450 6767 -12.5 -26.4 30 13.9 -16.2 266 32 327.5 327.7 292.0 331.0 0.98 13 400 7656 -18.3 -32.9 27 14.6 -21.3 268 32 331.1 331.3 292.6 333.4 0.60 14 350 8638 -25.9 -36.1 38 10.2 -27.5 265 34 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.7 0.50 15 300 9735 -34.1 -45.0 32 10.9 -35.2 264 33 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.23 16 250 10984 -44.2 -50.9 47 6.8 -44.6 254 34 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.14 17 200 12440 -55.8 -59.2 65 3.4 -55.8 256 41 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.07 18 150 14222 -65.7 -71.3 45 5.6 -65.8 264 40 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16671 -65.7 -83.3 7 17.6 -65.8 261 10 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.46 m Freezing level: 565.24 mb = 4992.18 m = 16378.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.20 mb = 4339.94 m = 14238.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.01 % Est. max temperature: 20.29 C = 68.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 530.40 mb = 5491.09 m = 18015.18 ft T: -4.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 1.75 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 494.14 mb = 6046.32 m = 19836.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.71 C = 72.88 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3937.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 518.73 mb = 5666.11 m = 18589.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 56.97 m/s