MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 126 1 950 563 2 900 1025 3 850 1514 4 800 2035 5 750 2591 SFC 721 2928 22.9 -5.5 15 28.4 7.9 267 17 325.1 325.8 293.5 336.9 3.52 7 700 3182 17.7 -7.3 17 25.0 5.2 265 23 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.6 3.15 8 650 3806 11.2 -9.3 23 20.5 1.6 263 29 321.7 322.2 292.1 331.3 2.91 9 600 4466 4.9 -10.7 31 15.6 -2.0 264 30 321.7 322.3 292.0 331.1 2.81 10 550 5167 -1.7 -12.2 45 10.4 -6.1 266 30 322.0 322.6 292.0 331.1 2.73 11 500 5915 -8.7 -13.9 66 5.2 -10.6 269 32 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.2 2.61 12 450 6724 -13.2 -27.6 29 14.4 -16.8 275 36 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.8 0.88 13 400 7611 -18.8 -36.6 19 17.8 -22.0 275 35 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.2 0.42 14 350 8591 -26.1 -43.3 18 17.2 -28.2 272 34 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.6 0.24 15 300 9687 -34.6 -49.3 21 14.7 -35.8 269 34 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.14 16 250 10932 -45.0 -50.8 52 5.8 -45.3 266 35 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.7 0.14 17 200 12385 -56.3 -59.0 71 2.7 -56.4 262 43 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.07 18 150 14160 -66.5 -68.3 77 1.9 -66.5 260 45 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.03 19 100 16645 -62.4 -84.2 4 21.8 -62.6 324 7 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.09 m Freezing level: 563.17 mb = 4982.13 m = 16345.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.95 mb = 4090.75 m = 13420.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.71 % Est. max temperature: 20.04 C = 68.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 471.67 mb = 6362.73 m = 20874.83 ft T: -11.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.65 C/km ThetaE index: 5.74 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 448.73 mb = 6744.94 m = 22128.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.40 C = 75.93 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4427.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 475.85 mb = 6295.04 m = 20652.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 12.77 m/s