MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 42.52,-106.03 Latitude: 42.52 Longitude: -106.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 1 950 604 2 900 1064 3 850 1550 4 800 2065 SFC 778 2304 16.9 2.2 37 14.7 8.6 149 4 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.7 5.79 6 750 2612 13.5 0.1 40 13.4 6.3 140 5 311.2 312.2 290.9 327.3 5.14 7 700 3188 9.2 -5.0 36 14.2 2.3 124 5 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.7 3.77 8 650 3797 5.0 -12.4 27 17.3 -2.1 229 2 314.6 315.0 289.3 322.0 2.28 9 600 4444 0.7 -23.1 15 23.8 -6.7 245 5 316.9 317.1 288.9 320.4 1.00 10 550 5137 -3.4 -29.1 12 25.7 -10.2 264 4 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.2 0.62 11 500 5882 -8.8 -29.1 18 20.3 -13.9 271 9 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.7 0.69 12 450 6688 -14.6 -18.6 72 4.0 -15.9 265 15 324.8 325.2 292.1 331.5 1.95 13 400 7572 -19.9 -23.8 71 4.0 -20.9 284 16 329.2 329.4 292.8 334.1 1.40 14 350 8549 -26.2 -27.7 87 1.5 -26.5 288 30 333.5 333.7 293.7 337.5 1.12 15 300 9646 -34.4 -36.2 84 1.8 -34.7 286 42 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.1 0.58 16 250 10891 -45.3 -45.3 99 0.1 -45.3 280 53 338.7 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.27 17 200 12346 -54.3 -55.4 88 1.1 -54.4 282 62 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.10 18 150 14175 -59.5 -78.8 6 19.3 -59.7 293 43 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16660 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.1 -66.5 308 20 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.82 m Freezing level: 591.40 mb = 4563.41 m = 14971.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.12 mb = 3497.72 m = 11475.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.03 % Est. max temperature: 20.58 C = 69.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 623.60 mb = 4132.41 m = 13557.60 ft T: 2.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 9.38 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 519.34 mb = 5585.45 m = 18324.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6731.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 587.73 mb = 4608.82 m = 15120.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -7.1 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 22.60 m/s