MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 148 1 950 585 2 900 1045 3 850 1532 4 800 2048 5 750 2599 SFC 722 2926 18.0 -1.4 27 19.4 7.3 247 8 319.7 320.6 293.1 335.2 4.80 7 700 3183 15.0 -2.7 30 17.6 5.6 248 15 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.6 4.49 8 650 3804 9.4 -4.9 36 14.3 2.2 252 25 319.6 320.4 292.5 332.9 4.09 9 600 4460 3.4 -7.4 45 10.8 -1.7 253 32 320.0 320.8 292.3 332.0 3.64 10 550 5158 -2.6 -10.3 55 7.7 -5.8 253 40 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.6 3.19 11 500 5907 -7.5 -20.0 36 12.4 -11.6 265 46 323.8 324.2 291.5 329.3 1.57 12 450 6718 -12.9 -26.5 31 13.7 -16.4 276 39 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.5 0.97 13 400 7607 -18.4 -35.6 21 17.2 -21.6 275 37 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.8 0.46 14 350 8589 -25.6 -44.4 15 18.9 -27.9 274 33 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.21 15 300 9687 -34.0 -49.8 19 15.7 -35.3 268 34 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 16 250 10936 -44.2 -50.1 52 5.9 -44.5 265 37 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.16 17 200 12392 -56.2 -59.6 66 3.4 -56.3 264 37 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.06 18 150 14166 -66.6 -69.1 71 2.5 -66.6 261 37 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16640 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.1 281 16 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.58 m Freezing level: 571.47 mb = 4858.55 m = 15939.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.71 mb = 4168.71 m = 13676.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.58 % Est. max temperature: 18.91 C = 66.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 538.89 mb = 5318.48 m = 17448.88 ft T: -3.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 5.94 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 496.68 mb = 5958.03 m = 19547.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.04 C = 71.67 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: 2.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4207.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 527.41 mb = 5487.54 m = 18003.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 59.18 m/s