MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 103 1 950 540 2 900 1002 3 850 1493 4 800 2015 5 750 2573 SFC 720 2927 24.5 -7.7 11 32.2 7.9 265 19 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.1 2.98 7 700 3167 19.5 -9.6 13 29.0 5.4 265 26 324.1 324.6 292.5 333.0 2.64 8 650 3795 13.0 -11.6 17 24.6 1.8 264 31 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.9 2.43 9 600 4459 6.6 -12.8 23 19.4 -1.7 263 30 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.8 2.38 10 550 5164 -0.1 -14.1 34 14.0 -5.8 262 29 323.9 324.4 292.2 331.8 2.33 11 500 5916 -7.3 -15.2 53 7.9 -10.2 263 28 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.1 2.34 12 450 6725 -14.3 -18.6 70 4.3 -15.7 267 29 325.3 325.7 292.3 332.0 1.96 13 400 7610 -19.2 -32.7 29 13.6 -21.9 271 34 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.3 0.61 14 350 8589 -26.4 -40.7 25 14.4 -28.3 274 35 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.31 15 300 9682 -35.2 -47.1 29 11.9 -36.2 269 37 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.18 16 250 10926 -45.0 -51.8 47 6.8 -45.4 264 36 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.13 17 200 12378 -56.8 -59.0 76 2.3 -56.8 271 41 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.07 18 150 14150 -66.3 -67.7 82 1.4 -66.3 264 47 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.03 19 100 16640 -62.6 -84.2 4 21.6 -62.9 342 3 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.55 m Freezing level: 550.93 mb = 5150.46 m = 16897.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.31 mb = 4129.51 m = 13548.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.66 % Est. max temperature: 21.67 C = 71.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 445.25 mb = 6805.12 m = 22326.25 ft T: -14.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.74 C/km ThetaE index: 5.30 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 431.64 mb = 7038.10 m = 23090.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4004.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 447.78 mb = 6762.45 m = 22186.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -11.2 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.31 Bulk Shear: 5.01 m/s