MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 113 1 950 552 2 900 1020 3 850 1522 SFC 819 1846 29.5 7.4 25 22.1 15.3 288 11 320.4 322.0 295.7 345.7 7.92 5 800 2058 27.0 6.5 27 20.5 14.0 277 14 319.9 321.4 295.3 344.2 7.59 6 750 2622 22.3 3.6 29 18.7 11.0 274 20 320.8 322.1 294.8 342.1 6.62 7 700 3217 17.7 1.2 33 16.6 8.1 262 18 322.1 323.3 294.7 341.5 5.96 8 650 3844 12.1 -0.5 42 12.6 5.1 248 16 322.7 323.8 294.6 341.2 5.70 9 600 4507 6.1 -2.3 55 8.4 1.6 233 16 323.2 324.2 294.5 340.7 5.38 10 550 5213 -0.1 -4.6 72 4.5 -2.4 225 18 323.9 324.9 294.4 340.2 4.94 11 500 5968 -6.2 -8.4 84 2.3 -7.2 225 21 325.5 326.3 294.1 339.0 4.05 12 450 6784 -11.3 -18.1 57 6.8 -13.7 236 25 329.0 329.4 293.3 336.1 2.04 13 400 7676 -17.4 -27.1 43 9.7 -19.8 239 32 332.3 332.5 293.3 336.1 1.04 14 350 8662 -24.7 -33.6 43 8.9 -26.3 247 35 335.5 335.6 293.8 337.9 0.64 15 300 9765 -32.8 -40.5 46 7.7 -33.7 250 33 339.2 339.2 294.5 340.6 0.37 16 250 11021 -42.8 -47.5 60 4.7 -43.1 253 35 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.21 17 200 12487 -54.8 -55.3 93 0.6 -54.8 262 45 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.11 18 150 14276 -64.9 -71.6 39 6.8 -64.9 247 39 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16710 -69.4 -82.4 13 13.0 -69.5 230 17 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.84 m Freezing level: 551.06 mb = 5197.63 m = 17052.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.90 mb = 4783.51 m = 15693.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 593.01 mb = 4602.23 m = 15099.01 ft T: 5.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.69 C/km ThetaE index: 9.67 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.56 mb = 5189.64 m = 17026.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 576.21 mb = 4835.23 m = 15863.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 511.21 mb = 5791.91 m = 19002.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.21 mb = 10460.30 m = 34318.15 ft B at Equ Level: 158.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.21 mb = 13100.69 m = 42980.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -16.6 tot: -15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 19.99 m/s