MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 155 1 950 592 2 900 1055 3 850 1546 4 800 2069 5 750 2627 SFC 727 2899 24.4 -1.5 18 25.9 9.6 267 14 326.0 326.9 294.7 341.6 4.71 7 700 3220 18.6 -3.0 23 21.6 6.8 262 20 323.0 323.9 293.7 337.4 4.36 8 650 3847 12.1 -4.7 30 16.9 3.4 256 24 322.7 323.5 293.4 336.3 4.14 9 600 4510 5.8 -6.2 42 12.0 -0.2 251 25 322.8 323.6 293.3 336.0 4.01 10 550 5213 -0.8 -7.8 59 7.0 -4.1 248 25 323.1 323.9 293.3 335.9 3.87 11 500 5965 -7.7 -9.7 86 1.9 -8.6 249 26 323.6 324.3 293.3 335.8 3.67 12 450 6775 -13.4 -19.8 59 6.4 -15.4 258 30 326.4 326.7 292.4 332.5 1.77 13 400 7662 -18.8 -34.8 23 16.0 -21.8 261 32 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.4 0.50 14 350 8642 -26.2 -38.5 31 12.3 -28.0 255 33 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 15 300 9737 -34.6 -43.7 39 9.2 -35.5 250 35 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.7 0.26 16 250 10984 -44.7 -48.2 68 3.5 -44.9 253 38 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.19 17 200 12437 -56.0 -58.8 71 2.7 -56.1 255 43 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.3 0.07 18 150 14220 -65.5 -71.0 46 5.5 -65.5 262 44 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16675 -65.9 -83.3 7 17.4 -66.1 234 9 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.39 m Freezing level: 556.23 mb = 5125.46 m = 16815.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.18 mb = 4479.58 m = 14696.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.29 % Est. max temperature: 21.63 C = 70.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 494.36 mb = 6051.79 m = 19854.71 ft T: -8.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.58 C/km ThetaE index: 9.22 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.10 mb = 5962.98 m = 19563.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.01 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 502.46 mb = 5925.78 m = 19441.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 477.46 mb = 6319.29 m = 20732.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.46 mb = 7340.16 m = 24081.60 ft B at Equ Level: 30.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 317.46 mb = 9335.35 m = 30627.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -4.4 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.47 Bulk Shear: 12.61 m/s