MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 69 1 950 507 2 900 976 3 850 1479 SFC 816 1844 33.0 -15.7 4 48.7 10.4 257 15 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.3 1.38 5 800 2018 30.2 -17.1 4 47.4 9.1 253 19 323.4 323.6 291.0 327.7 1.25 6 750 2586 24.8 -18.6 5 43.3 6.3 245 21 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.6 1.18 7 700 3182 19.0 -19.4 6 38.4 3.4 239 20 323.5 323.8 291.0 327.6 1.17 8 650 3810 12.9 -20.4 8 33.3 0.2 234 19 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.7 1.16 9 600 4473 6.5 -21.5 11 28.0 -3.4 228 19 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.7 1.15 10 550 5177 0.0 -24.0 14 24.0 -7.6 221 19 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.7 1.00 11 500 5932 -5.7 -32.3 10 26.6 -12.3 233 17 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.51 12 450 6747 -12.0 -35.2 13 23.3 -16.8 253 21 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.8 0.42 13 400 7635 -19.0 -32.8 28 13.8 -21.8 256 31 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.5 0.60 14 350 8613 -26.9 -33.5 54 6.6 -28.0 259 39 332.5 332.6 293.0 334.9 0.65 15 300 9705 -35.5 -37.3 83 1.8 -35.7 260 49 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.3 0.52 16 250 10948 -44.7 -49.6 58 4.9 -45.0 257 47 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.3 0.17 17 200 12410 -54.4 -56.2 80 1.8 -54.5 267 50 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.09 18 150 14202 -63.8 -71.9 32 8.1 -63.9 268 41 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.02 19 100 16670 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.3 -65.8 234 22 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.02 m Freezing level: 549.66 mb = 5182.31 m = 17002.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.31 mb = 3844.27 m = 12612.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 8.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 396.50 mb = 7699.51 m = 25260.56 ft T: -19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 1.72 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 350.59 mb = 8600.89 m = 28217.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.48 C = 104.86 F Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lifted Index: 2.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6139.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 392.20 mb = 7779.39 m = 25522.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -21.5 tot: -16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 2.36 m/s