MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 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 118 1 950 557 2 900 1025 3 850 1526 SFC 820 1844 30.4 -2.5 12 33.0 12.1 266 15 321.3 322.1 292.8 334.0 3.87 5 800 2062 27.1 -3.5 13 30.7 10.5 262 20 320.1 320.8 292.3 332.1 3.67 6 750 2625 21.7 -4.8 17 26.5 7.8 255 21 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.8 3.57 7 700 3216 16.0 -5.8 22 21.8 4.9 252 20 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.8 3.54 8 650 3838 10.0 -6.9 30 16.9 1.8 248 19 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.8 3.52 9 600 4495 3.7 -8.1 42 11.7 -1.8 243 18 320.4 321.0 292.2 331.8 3.47 10 550 5193 -2.7 -10.9 53 8.3 -6.1 233 17 320.9 321.5 292.0 330.9 3.02 11 500 5941 -8.1 -21.3 34 13.2 -12.2 229 18 323.2 323.4 291.2 328.0 1.40 12 450 6749 -14.0 -39.8 9 25.8 -18.5 249 20 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.27 13 400 7631 -20.8 -38.5 19 17.7 -23.7 264 26 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.34 14 350 8601 -29.1 -38.6 40 9.5 -30.4 268 39 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.39 15 300 9686 -36.1 -53.3 15 17.2 -37.2 277 56 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.09 16 250 10928 -44.3 -60.1 16 15.9 -44.9 277 67 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 17 200 12401 -49.4 -70.6 7 21.2 -49.8 266 62 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 14249 -58.5 -79.5 5 21.0 -58.7 266 38 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16740 -65.5 -83.0 7 17.6 -65.6 153 3 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.79 m Freezing level: 571.05 mb = 4898.98 m = 16072.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.93 mb = 4160.65 m = 13650.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 504.74 mb = 5866.62 m = 19247.19 ft T: -7.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.84 C/km ThetaE index: 2.20 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 480.57 mb = 6244.78 m = 20487.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 2.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5449.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 505.41 mb = 5856.11 m = 19212.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -19.2 tot: -15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 2.60 m/s