MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 116 1 950 553 2 900 1015 3 850 1504 SFC 817 1843 17.4 -9.5 15 26.9 5.4 151 5 307.8 308.2 287.1 315.0 2.27 5 800 2024 21.1 -10.4 11 31.5 6.6 147 12 313.6 314.0 288.9 320.7 2.16 6 750 2580 20.6 -13.3 9 34.0 5.5 196 11 319.0 319.3 290.3 325.1 1.82 7 700 3171 16.8 -15.4 10 32.2 3.1 236 15 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.7 1.65 8 650 3795 11.4 -16.6 12 28.1 0.1 236 17 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.4 1.60 9 600 4455 5.5 -16.9 18 22.3 -3.2 225 16 322.4 322.8 291.2 328.2 1.70 10 550 5157 -1.0 -17.5 27 16.5 -7.1 220 17 322.9 323.2 291.4 328.9 1.76 11 500 5907 -7.5 -21.1 33 13.7 -11.8 242 20 323.9 324.2 291.4 328.8 1.41 12 450 6718 -12.8 -39.4 9 26.6 -17.6 262 31 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.28 13 400 7606 -18.8 -44.0 9 25.2 -22.5 274 39 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.19 14 350 8587 -25.5 -48.6 10 23.1 -28.0 279 45 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.13 15 300 9685 -34.3 -52.2 15 17.9 -35.7 283 49 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 16 250 10931 -44.7 -53.3 38 8.6 -45.2 279 56 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.11 17 200 12391 -53.8 -64.5 26 10.7 -54.0 278 60 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14197 -63.1 -75.6 17 12.5 -63.3 260 42 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16645 -65.1 -83.0 7 17.9 -65.3 233 11 401.9 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.95 m Freezing level: 557.94 mb = 5045.34 m = 16552.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.81 mb = 3809.69 m = 12498.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 543.37 mb = 5252.32 m = 17231.81 ft T: -1.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.88 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 387.70 mb = 7835.26 m = 25705.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.65 C = 103.37 F Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lifted Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7521.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 469.17 mb = 6397.27 m = 20988.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.3 neg: -6.9 tot: 76.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 69.97 m/s