MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 166 1 950 603 2 900 1065 3 850 1554 SFC 822 1843 17.3 0.5 32 16.8 8.3 164 3 307.2 308.2 289.4 322.1 4.83 5 800 2075 20.0 -0.5 25 20.5 8.9 166 8 312.5 313.3 290.9 327.0 4.62 6 750 2628 18.0 -3.3 23 21.3 6.9 239 8 316.1 316.9 291.4 329.0 4.00 7 700 3214 14.1 -5.7 25 19.8 4.2 272 14 318.1 318.8 291.6 329.7 3.57 8 650 3833 9.1 -8.8 27 17.9 0.8 275 15 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.1 3.02 9 600 4488 2.9 -8.4 43 11.3 -2.3 261 18 319.4 320.1 291.9 330.5 3.37 10 550 5184 -3.7 -8.0 72 4.3 -5.6 245 24 319.7 320.5 292.3 332.2 3.82 11 500 5928 -10.0 -11.7 87 1.8 -10.6 243 29 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.2 3.12 12 450 6732 -15.3 -22.2 56 6.9 -17.3 251 35 324.0 324.3 291.4 329.0 1.43 13 400 7612 -20.8 -28.6 49 7.9 -22.5 260 42 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.2 0.90 14 350 8586 -27.2 -38.8 32 11.6 -28.9 263 50 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.5 0.38 15 300 9678 -35.2 -49.5 22 14.4 -36.3 269 62 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.14 16 250 10921 -44.8 -53.2 39 8.4 -45.2 275 73 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.11 17 200 12387 -50.6 -70.2 8 19.6 -51.0 265 68 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 14229 -59.2 -78.4 7 19.2 -59.4 254 46 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16718 -65.3 -83.0 7 17.7 -65.4 264 3 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.43 m Freezing level: 578.13 mb = 4792.44 m = 15723.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.18 mb = 3995.94 m = 13109.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.04 mb = 3984.78 m = 13073.27 ft T: 7.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 521.00 mb = 5607.01 m = 18395.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: 2.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6765.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 566.86 mb = 4942.42 m = 16215.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 43.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 67.00 m/s