MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z MON 4 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 74 1 950 513 2 900 981 3 850 1483 SFC 816 1844 32.0 -8.6 7 40.6 11.2 288 8 323.4 323.9 292.2 331.6 2.44 5 800 2021 29.1 -9.8 7 38.9 9.8 285 10 322.2 322.6 291.7 329.9 2.28 6 750 2587 23.6 -11.1 9 34.7 7.1 271 10 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.6 2.18 7 700 3181 17.9 -12.1 12 30.0 4.2 266 10 322.3 322.8 291.6 329.7 2.17 8 650 3807 11.9 -13.2 16 25.1 1.0 261 9 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.6 2.13 9 600 4468 5.6 -14.4 22 20.0 -2.6 253 8 322.5 323.0 291.6 329.6 2.08 10 550 5170 -0.6 -18.5 24 17.9 -7.0 248 10 323.4 323.7 291.4 328.9 1.62 11 500 5923 -6.4 -25.0 21 18.5 -11.8 276 15 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.8 1.01 12 450 6738 -11.8 -34.4 13 22.6 -16.6 281 27 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.2 0.46 13 400 7627 -19.0 -39.7 14 20.7 -22.4 286 32 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.30 14 350 8604 -26.7 -46.5 14 19.8 -28.9 283 44 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 15 300 9698 -34.9 -51.1 18 16.3 -36.1 283 59 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.12 16 250 10942 -44.9 -53.7 37 8.8 -45.3 283 61 339.3 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.10 17 200 12404 -53.6 -64.3 26 10.7 -53.9 275 56 347.8 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14215 -61.7 -77.4 11 15.7 -61.9 267 33 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16691 -65.6 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.7 192 12 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.90 m Freezing level: 554.90 mb = 5101.47 m = 16736.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.61 mb = 3978.70 m = 13053.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 448.15 mb = 6768.58 m = 22206.37 ft T: -12.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.88 C/km ThetaE index: 2.02 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 404.10 mb = 7549.59 m = 24768.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.39 C = 101.09 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: 2.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5552.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 446.66 mb = 6793.77 m = 22288.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -4.7 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 4.96 m/s