MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 39.33,-106.94 Latitude: 39.33 Longitude: -106.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 530 2 900 992 3 850 1484 4 800 2007 5 750 2567 SFC 726 2852 25.5 -6.6 11 32.2 8.6 280 12 327.4 328.0 293.9 338.2 3.20 7 700 3162 19.8 -8.1 14 27.9 5.8 280 16 324.4 325.0 292.9 334.3 2.97 8 650 3791 13.3 -9.7 19 23.0 2.4 282 20 324.0 324.6 292.7 333.5 2.82 9 600 4456 6.8 -10.9 27 17.6 -1.2 282 21 324.0 324.5 292.6 333.3 2.78 10 550 5161 0.1 -12.1 39 12.2 -5.1 282 21 324.2 324.7 292.6 333.4 2.75 11 500 5914 -7.0 -13.1 62 6.0 -9.4 282 20 324.4 325.0 292.7 333.9 2.80 12 450 6724 -14.4 -14.8 97 0.4 -14.6 286 21 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.2 2.69 13 400 7609 -18.2 -28.1 42 9.9 -20.5 305 24 331.3 331.5 293.0 334.7 0.94 14 350 8593 -25.4 -36.0 37 10.6 -27.2 310 17 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.4 0.50 15 300 9689 -34.8 -41.2 52 6.4 -35.5 317 20 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.6 0.35 16 250 10934 -44.9 -47.9 72 3.0 -45.1 317 25 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.1 0.20 17 200 12392 -54.8 -62.0 41 7.2 -54.9 343 26 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14180 -65.6 -69.6 58 4.0 -65.7 324 24 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16643 -63.0 -84.9 4 21.9 -63.3 309 3 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.60 m Freezing level: 549.51 mb = 5168.22 m = 16955.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.12 mb = 4235.54 m = 13895.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.36 % Est. max temperature: 22.55 C = 72.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 449.39 mb = 6734.43 m = 22094.32 ft T: -14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.87 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 454.54 mb = 6647.05 m = 21807.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.43 C = 74.17 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3904.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 457.36 mb = 6599.49 m = 21651.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.1 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 320.1 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: -3.8 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 4.62 m/s