MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 173 1 950 610 2 900 1069 3 850 1555 4 800 2069 5 750 2616 SFC 726 2897 15.1 6.1 55 9.0 9.5 148 6 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.5 8.14 7 700 3202 15.8 1.3 37 14.5 7.5 221 5 319.9 321.1 294.1 339.3 6.01 8 650 3826 12.0 -2.8 36 14.8 4.1 269 13 322.5 323.4 293.9 338.1 4.78 9 600 4490 6.4 -5.4 42 11.9 0.4 271 22 323.6 324.4 293.7 337.6 4.25 10 550 5196 0.1 -7.4 57 7.5 -3.5 268 28 324.2 324.9 293.7 337.3 3.98 11 500 5950 -6.7 -9.5 80 2.8 -7.9 261 33 324.9 325.7 293.7 337.4 3.73 12 450 6763 -13.0 -15.2 83 2.2 -13.8 256 36 326.9 327.4 293.2 335.7 2.60 13 400 7651 -18.7 -28.3 43 9.5 -20.9 257 40 330.7 330.9 292.8 334.1 0.93 14 350 8633 -25.6 -35.4 39 9.8 -27.2 253 42 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.3 0.54 15 300 9734 -33.2 -37.6 65 4.3 -33.8 250 34 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.5 0.50 16 250 10986 -43.8 -44.5 92 0.7 -43.8 254 30 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.2 0.29 17 200 12441 -56.7 -56.8 98 0.2 -56.6 251 37 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.09 18 150 14223 -65.8 -71.4 45 5.6 -65.8 257 48 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16673 -67.3 -82.9 9 15.6 -67.4 259 17 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.53 m Freezing level: 549.57 mb = 5202.13 m = 17067.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.52 mb = 4564.28 m = 14974.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.25 % Est. max temperature: 22.33 C = 72.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 633.68 mb = 4037.26 m = 13245.43 ft T: 10.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 4.15 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.68 mb = 5614.06 m = 18418.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 548.22 mb = 5221.33 m = 17130.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 473.22 mb = 6374.86 m = 20914.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.22 mb = 8565.89 m = 28102.96 ft B at Equ Level: 57.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 283.22 mb = 10129.09 m = 33231.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 289.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 63.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 93.60 m/s