MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 8 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 177 1 950 612 2 900 1070 3 850 1551 4 800 2061 5 750 2601 SFC 721 2927 8.6 -1.3 50 9.9 3.5 166 5 309.4 310.3 290.1 324.4 4.83 7 700 3181 12.9 -2.8 33 15.7 4.7 232 9 316.8 317.7 292.0 331.1 4.46 8 650 3800 10.1 -6.5 30 16.7 2.0 254 26 320.4 321.1 292.3 332.2 3.60 9 600 4458 4.2 -8.5 39 12.7 -1.7 259 31 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.0 3.34 10 550 5158 -2.1 -8.5 62 6.3 -5.0 260 36 321.5 322.3 292.7 333.6 3.67 11 500 5907 -7.9 -12.7 68 4.8 -9.8 263 43 323.5 324.0 292.6 333.1 2.89 12 450 6719 -12.1 -25.9 31 13.7 -15.9 269 44 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.7 1.03 13 400 7609 -18.6 -30.0 36 11.4 -21.1 277 42 330.8 330.9 292.7 333.6 0.79 14 350 8589 -25.9 -42.3 20 16.4 -28.0 275 39 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.26 15 300 9687 -33.9 -47.3 25 13.4 -35.1 273 41 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.18 16 250 10938 -43.9 -50.5 48 6.7 -44.2 267 43 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.15 17 200 12395 -56.1 -57.9 80 1.8 -56.2 266 50 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.08 18 150 14170 -66.0 -69.4 63 3.3 -66.1 267 44 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16636 -65.1 -83.8 6 18.7 -65.3 268 16 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.16 m Freezing level: 566.99 mb = 4920.39 m = 16142.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.11 mb = 4147.72 m = 13607.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.31 % Est. max temperature: 19.50 C = 67.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 619.72 mb = 4192.68 m = 13755.35 ft T: 6.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 486.91 mb = 6111.66 m = 20051.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.50 C = 72.50 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5602.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 530.15 mb = 5446.93 m = 17870.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 241.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 107.10 m/s