MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 40.27,-107.92 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -107.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 1 950 580 2 900 1042 3 850 1530 4 800 2049 SFC 798 2074 18.4 11.2 63 7.2 13.7 193 13 311.0 313.0 295.1 343.2 10.50 6 750 2598 14.2 8.5 69 5.7 10.6 203 17 312.0 313.8 294.5 340.8 9.35 7 700 3178 10.5 5.8 72 4.8 7.6 216 10 314.2 315.7 294.3 340.0 8.27 8 650 3791 5.9 3.3 83 2.6 4.4 238 7 315.7 317.1 294.1 339.3 7.51 9 600 4442 1.4 0.4 93 1.0 0.9 252 6 317.8 319.0 294.0 338.7 6.60 10 550 5138 -2.6 -3.7 92 1.1 -3.1 238 8 321.0 322.0 293.9 338.1 5.30 11 500 5890 -6.7 -8.1 89 1.5 -7.4 232 10 324.9 325.7 294.0 338.7 4.14 12 450 6706 -11.4 -12.5 92 1.1 -11.9 227 11 328.9 329.5 294.3 340.0 3.26 13 400 7600 -16.9 -17.2 97 0.4 -17.0 219 17 333.1 333.6 294.7 341.7 2.48 14 350 8589 -23.8 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 221 20 336.7 337.0 294.9 342.5 1.60 15 300 9696 -32.5 -32.5 100 -0.0 -32.5 215 23 339.6 339.8 295.0 342.7 0.83 16 250 10952 -43.1 -43.1 100 -0.0 -43.2 215 30 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.3 0.34 17 200 12415 -53.4 -55.8 75 2.4 -53.5 248 46 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.6 0.10 18 150 14230 -62.7 -77.6 12 14.9 -62.8 274 42 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16692 -67.7 -82.9 10 15.2 -67.8 278 10 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.23 m Freezing level: 582.49 mb = 4685.86 m = 15373.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.89 mb = 4591.59 m = 15064.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.36 % Est. max temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.30 mb = 2984.22 m = 9790.62 ft T: 11.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 5.07 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.15 mb = 3713.11 m = 12181.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.57 C = 72.63 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.46 mb = 3363.50 m = 11034.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.46 mb = 4314.71 m = 14155.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.46 mb = 7060.39 m = 23163.72 ft B at Equ Level: 47.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 309.46 mb = 9472.71 m = 31078.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: -6.8 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.36 Bulk Shear: 5.73 m/s