MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 39.01,-108.79 Latitude: 39.01 Longitude: -108.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 552 2 900 1018 3 850 1517 SFC 823 1804 27.9 3.2 20 24.8 13.1 258 8 318.4 319.5 293.6 337.0 5.84 5 800 2049 25.1 1.6 21 23.5 11.4 247 10 317.9 319.0 293.1 335.1 5.36 6 750 2610 21.0 -3.1 20 24.1 8.1 243 16 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.7 4.07 7 700 3200 15.8 -5.3 23 21.1 5.1 245 18 320.0 320.7 292.3 332.1 3.69 8 650 3822 10.1 -7.1 29 17.3 1.8 243 20 320.4 321.1 292.2 331.8 3.45 9 600 4480 4.0 -8.9 38 13.0 -1.9 240 21 320.8 321.4 292.1 331.5 3.24 10 550 5179 -2.4 -11.0 52 8.6 -6.0 235 24 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.2 3.01 11 500 5927 -8.6 -17.7 48 9.1 -11.7 231 25 322.6 322.9 291.5 329.0 1.91 12 450 6733 -14.7 -27.7 32 13.0 -17.9 231 28 324.7 324.9 291.1 327.8 0.87 13 400 7613 -21.1 -31.2 40 10.1 -23.1 213 31 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.1 0.71 14 350 8585 -28.0 -43.0 22 15.0 -29.7 223 35 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.25 15 300 9674 -35.9 -51.3 19 15.4 -37.0 234 40 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10916 -44.6 -59.5 17 15.0 -45.2 231 48 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12383 -51.8 -67.9 13 16.1 -52.2 243 51 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14223 -57.9 -78.2 6 20.4 -58.1 254 48 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16727 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.3 -65.8 280 12 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.61 m Freezing level: 568.76 mb = 4916.65 m = 16130.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.53 mb = 4137.47 m = 13574.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 571.27 mb = 4874.13 m = 15991.05 ft T: 0.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 9.21 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 520.02 mb = 5618.63 m = 18433.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 542.36 mb = 5288.58 m = 17350.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 447.36 mb = 6777.16 m = 22234.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 387.36 mb = 7846.95 m = 25744.27 ft B at Equ Level: 11.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 347.36 mb = 8638.50 m = 28341.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 21.30 m/s