MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 102 1 950 540 2 900 1002 3 850 1492 4 800 2014 5 750 2572 SFC 720 2928 23.0 -8.2 12 31.2 7.2 263 15 325.4 325.9 293.1 335.1 2.87 7 700 3166 19.6 -10.0 13 29.6 5.3 262 22 324.2 324.7 292.5 332.8 2.56 8 650 3795 13.5 -12.0 16 25.5 1.9 268 27 324.2 324.6 292.3 332.1 2.34 9 600 4460 7.0 -13.0 23 19.9 -1.6 272 27 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.2 2.35 10 550 5165 0.1 -13.9 34 14.0 -5.5 274 27 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.3 2.38 11 500 5919 -7.2 -14.6 56 7.3 -10.0 276 27 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.6 2.47 12 450 6728 -14.6 -15.9 90 1.2 -15.1 277 26 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.2 2.46 13 400 7609 -20.3 -24.6 69 4.3 -21.4 287 31 328.6 328.8 292.6 333.2 1.30 14 350 8586 -26.6 -36.8 38 10.2 -28.2 272 35 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.7 0.47 15 300 9679 -35.3 -40.0 62 4.8 -35.8 271 38 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.1 0.39 16 250 10922 -45.2 -49.0 65 3.8 -45.4 273 38 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.18 17 200 12372 -57.3 -59.2 79 1.9 -57.3 279 41 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.07 18 150 14143 -64.6 -68.9 55 4.3 -64.6 277 42 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.02 19 100 16646 -63.4 -84.2 4 20.8 -63.6 246 3 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.12 m Freezing level: 549.19 mb = 5177.75 m = 16987.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.05 mb = 4146.72 m = 13604.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.53 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 451.11 mb = 6709.01 m = 22010.91 ft T: -14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.75 C/km ThetaE index: 2.95 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 434.67 mb = 6987.35 m = 22924.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.52 C = 74.34 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4420.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 443.81 mb = 6831.63 m = 22413.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 305.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 10.51 m/s