MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.62,-106.16 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -106.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 3 850 1505 4 800 2025 SFC 794 2089 20.3 3.0 32 17.3 10.3 194 2 313.4 314.6 292.3 332.3 6.00 6 750 2577 17.1 -2.8 25 20.0 6.6 209 3 315.2 316.0 291.3 328.4 4.14 7 700 3162 14.0 -8.4 20 22.5 3.4 241 7 318.0 318.6 291.0 327.5 2.89 8 650 3780 8.4 -9.5 27 17.9 0.3 237 8 318.5 319.1 291.1 327.9 2.86 9 600 4433 2.5 -10.4 38 12.9 -3.1 257 14 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.5 2.89 10 550 5129 -3.4 -12.9 48 9.5 -7.2 271 23 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.6 2.57 11 500 5873 -10.4 -14.6 71 4.2 -11.9 282 25 320.4 320.8 291.3 328.6 2.46 12 450 6674 -16.9 -19.6 79 2.7 -17.7 280 26 322.0 322.3 291.2 328.1 1.79 13 400 7547 -23.1 -28.6 61 5.5 -24.2 254 21 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.3 0.91 14 350 8513 -28.7 -43.4 23 14.7 -30.3 272 30 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.24 15 300 9596 -37.9 -46.1 42 8.2 -38.5 275 40 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.20 16 250 10825 -47.2 -54.0 46 6.8 -47.5 279 56 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.10 17 200 12277 -53.2 -64.2 25 11.0 -53.5 278 56 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.03 18 150 14108 -56.9 -78.1 5 21.2 -57.2 252 42 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16649 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.4 -62.7 197 25 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.69 m Freezing level: 578.81 mb = 4728.27 m = 15512.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.40 mb = 3837.67 m = 12590.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.10 C = 77.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 613.59 mb = 4250.43 m = 13944.82 ft T: 4.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 518.55 mb = 5588.59 m = 18335.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.68 C = 80.03 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6606.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 550.65 mb = 5119.58 m = 16796.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 34.91 m/s