MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.92 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 553 2 900 1014 3 850 1504 4 800 2025 5 750 2581 SFC 725 2870 23.2 -6.1 14 29.3 7.8 274 11 324.8 325.5 293.3 336.0 3.33 7 700 3171 17.4 -7.9 17 25.2 4.9 274 16 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.7 3.02 8 650 3795 11.1 -9.6 22 20.7 1.5 275 20 321.5 322.0 292.0 330.9 2.83 9 600 4455 4.7 -11.1 31 15.8 -2.2 277 22 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.7 2.74 10 550 5155 -1.9 -12.5 44 10.6 -6.2 281 23 321.8 322.4 291.9 330.7 2.65 11 500 5903 -8.3 -15.0 58 6.7 -10.8 283 26 322.9 323.4 292.0 331.0 2.38 12 450 6712 -13.9 -18.7 67 4.8 -15.4 279 31 325.7 326.1 292.4 332.4 1.94 13 400 7598 -18.6 -27.8 44 9.2 -20.8 298 30 330.8 330.9 292.9 334.3 0.97 14 350 8581 -25.3 -39.3 26 13.9 -27.4 325 22 334.6 334.7 293.3 336.0 0.36 15 300 9677 -34.8 -41.9 48 7.1 -35.5 326 28 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.5 0.32 16 250 10922 -44.9 -48.4 68 3.4 -45.1 323 31 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12379 -54.8 -62.8 36 8.0 -54.9 334 29 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14174 -65.2 -71.2 43 6.1 -65.2 346 24 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.02 19 100 16644 -62.6 -84.9 3 22.2 -62.9 15 4 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.70 m Freezing level: 564.33 mb = 4954.13 m = 16253.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.13 mb = 4050.97 m = 13290.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.96 % Est. max temperature: 20.33 C = 68.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 467.89 mb = 6412.70 m = 21038.78 ft T: -11.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.38 C/km ThetaE index: 5.28 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 452.44 mb = 6670.48 m = 21884.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 0.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4959.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 474.08 mb = 6311.92 m = 20708.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.4 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 318.4 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 15.87 m/s