MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 162 1 950 600 2 900 1064 3 850 1557 SFC 822 1843 20.6 1.2 27 19.4 9.8 159 5 310.6 311.6 290.7 326.4 5.06 5 800 2083 22.4 1.1 24 21.3 10.3 159 7 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.5 5.19 6 750 2640 19.7 1.0 29 18.8 9.0 244 7 318.0 319.1 293.2 335.6 5.48 7 700 3230 16.0 -1.0 31 17.0 6.6 266 15 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.6 5.07 8 650 3854 10.7 -2.7 39 13.4 3.5 264 15 321.1 322.0 293.5 336.7 4.81 9 600 4513 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 0.3 247 17 321.7 322.6 293.6 337.0 4.69 10 550 5215 -1.5 -6.4 69 4.9 -3.8 235 21 322.3 323.2 293.4 336.5 4.31 11 500 5967 -6.8 -13.0 62 6.2 -9.2 239 21 324.7 325.3 292.9 334.3 2.82 12 450 6780 -12.6 -18.2 63 5.6 -14.5 251 21 327.4 327.8 292.9 334.4 2.03 13 400 7668 -19.1 -22.7 73 3.6 -20.1 256 26 330.2 330.5 293.2 335.6 1.54 14 350 8648 -26.1 -28.4 81 2.3 -26.6 258 27 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.4 1.05 15 300 9744 -34.5 -35.5 91 1.0 -34.7 254 37 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.0 0.62 16 250 10990 -44.6 -44.7 99 0.1 -44.6 257 41 339.8 339.8 294.6 340.9 0.28 17 200 12449 -54.8 -58.3 65 3.5 -54.9 259 43 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14245 -63.9 -76.5 16 12.7 -64.0 268 41 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -67.8 -82.7 10 14.9 -67.9 237 14 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.07 m Freezing level: 561.72 mb = 5050.70 m = 16570.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.90 mb = 4555.19 m = 14944.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 615.05 mb = 4309.18 m = 14137.56 ft T: 6.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 521.97 mb = 5627.58 m = 18462.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.91 C = 91.25 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4858.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 575.01 mb = 4856.51 m = 15933.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -5.3 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 39.04 m/s