MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 108 1 950 548 2 900 1017 3 850 1521 SFC 820 1844 32.6 -6.2 8 38.8 11.9 270 10 323.6 324.2 292.6 333.4 2.93 5 800 2060 29.7 -7.1 9 36.8 10.5 265 13 322.8 323.3 292.3 332.1 2.80 6 750 2627 24.2 -8.2 11 32.4 7.9 254 14 322.8 323.4 292.3 332.1 2.75 7 700 3223 18.5 -9.1 14 27.6 5.1 250 14 322.9 323.5 292.3 332.1 2.74 8 650 3850 12.4 -10.1 20 22.4 1.9 247 14 323.0 323.5 292.3 332.2 2.74 9 600 4512 6.0 -11.2 28 17.2 -1.6 244 13 323.1 323.6 292.3 332.2 2.71 10 550 5216 -0.3 -13.1 37 12.8 -5.5 255 15 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.3 2.53 11 500 5970 -6.2 -20.1 32 13.9 -10.8 267 17 325.5 325.8 292.0 330.9 1.55 12 450 6784 -12.2 -26.8 29 14.6 -16.0 263 20 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.3 0.95 13 400 7673 -18.7 -28.8 41 10.1 -21.0 257 30 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.9 0.89 14 350 8653 -26.5 -28.5 84 1.9 -26.9 252 37 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.8 1.05 15 300 9746 -35.3 -36.4 89 1.1 -35.5 259 42 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.7 0.56 16 250 10993 -43.8 -43.8 100 0.0 -43.8 272 40 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.1 0.31 17 200 12449 -56.0 -56.1 99 0.1 -56.0 260 49 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.10 18 150 14231 -65.2 -75.5 23 10.3 -65.3 270 49 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16702 -63.9 -83.3 5 19.4 -64.1 280 4 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.64 m Freezing level: 552.33 mb = 5183.45 m = 17005.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.05 mb = 4200.36 m = 13780.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 463.20 mb = 6560.88 m = 21524.93 ft T: -10.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 1.38 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 427.34 mb = 7174.12 m = 23536.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.79 C = 100.02 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: 2.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4916.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 462.86 mb = 6566.61 m = 21543.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -4.5 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 3.39 m/s