MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 1 950 615 2 900 1076 3 850 1563 SFC 823 1842 15.3 5.3 51 10.0 9.5 148 4 305.1 306.3 290.5 325.6 6.80 5 800 2080 17.4 4.8 43 12.5 10.0 148 11 309.7 311.0 291.9 330.5 6.77 6 750 2630 16.2 2.2 39 14.0 8.2 187 11 314.2 315.4 292.6 333.1 6.00 7 700 3214 13.3 -4.8 28 18.1 4.2 243 10 317.2 318.0 291.6 329.6 3.82 8 650 3831 8.1 -9.7 27 17.8 0.1 244 9 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.4 2.82 9 600 4484 2.2 -12.5 33 14.7 -3.8 233 12 318.7 319.2 290.8 326.8 2.45 10 550 5178 -4.4 -12.2 54 7.8 -7.5 236 17 318.9 319.4 291.1 327.9 2.73 11 500 5919 -11.0 -12.1 91 1.1 -11.5 236 25 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.6 3.01 12 450 6719 -17.1 -24.5 52 7.5 -19.0 245 28 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.8 1.17 13 400 7591 -23.5 -30.8 51 7.3 -24.9 249 32 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.73 14 350 8553 -30.7 -34.9 66 4.2 -31.3 255 37 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.56 15 300 9629 -38.2 -52.2 22 14.0 -39.0 261 48 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 16 250 10865 -44.0 -62.3 11 18.2 -44.7 258 60 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.04 17 200 12346 -48.5 -72.6 4 24.1 -49.1 258 62 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 14207 -56.4 -79.2 4 22.8 -56.7 257 47 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16714 -66.7 -82.8 9 16.1 -66.9 263 10 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.14 m Freezing level: 583.17 mb = 4717.22 m = 15476.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.99 mb = 3843.25 m = 12608.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.31 mb = 3125.67 m = 10254.70 ft T: 13.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.99 C/km ThetaE index: 6.26 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 574.46 mb = 4830.49 m = 15847.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.34 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 395.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 630.80 mb = 4075.20 m = 13369.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 505.80 mb = 5829.15 m = 19124.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 335.80 mb = 8841.76 m = 29008.06 ft B at Equ Level: 113.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.80 mb = 10449.18 m = 34281.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.27 Bulk Shear: 50.48 m/s