MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 42.89,-107.8 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -107.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 477 2 900 944 3 850 1443 SFC 815 1817 29.1 7.3 25 21.9 15.1 242 7 320.5 322.1 295.7 345.8 7.89 5 800 1977 26.4 6.8 29 19.6 14.0 235 8 319.3 320.8 295.3 344.0 7.77 6 750 2540 21.0 4.9 35 16.1 11.1 231 11 319.4 320.8 294.9 342.5 7.25 7 700 3131 15.9 2.7 41 13.1 8.1 248 10 320.0 321.3 294.7 341.4 6.66 8 650 3755 10.4 0.1 49 10.4 4.6 276 8 320.8 321.9 294.3 339.9 5.92 9 600 4415 4.8 -3.5 55 8.3 0.5 294 5 321.7 322.7 293.7 337.8 4.92 10 550 5117 -1.0 -6.2 68 5.2 -3.6 237 6 322.9 323.7 293.6 337.2 4.36 11 500 5869 -7.4 -8.3 94 0.9 -7.8 201 7 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.6 4.10 12 450 6684 -11.3 -12.6 90 1.3 -11.8 213 25 329.0 329.7 294.3 340.0 3.22 13 400 7580 -16.4 -16.5 99 0.1 -16.4 221 28 333.7 334.2 295.0 342.9 2.63 14 350 8571 -23.3 -23.5 98 0.2 -23.3 214 25 337.4 337.7 295.1 343.3 1.64 15 300 9681 -31.2 -35.2 68 4.0 -31.8 223 35 341.4 341.5 295.3 343.9 0.64 16 250 10944 -41.8 -45.6 67 3.8 -42.1 230 37 343.9 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.26 17 200 12418 -52.8 -58.5 50 5.7 -53.0 236 28 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14227 -62.9 -73.3 23 10.4 -63.0 229 20 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16680 -64.0 -83.6 5 19.6 -64.1 200 15 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.23 m Freezing level: 558.74 mb = 4994.30 m = 16385.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.64 mb = 4500.72 m = 14765.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 591.45 mb = 4530.63 m = 14864.08 ft T: 3.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.50 C/km ThetaE index: 8.54 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.65 mb = 4847.89 m = 15904.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.68 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 591.19 mb = 4534.12 m = 14875.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.19 mb = 5317.68 m = 17446.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.19 mb = 8235.05 m = 27017.55 ft B at Equ Level: 82.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.19 mb = 10774.95 m = 35350.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 32.84 Bulk Shear: 2.53 m/s