MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 168 1 950 605 2 900 1066 3 850 1554 SFC 822 1843 16.3 9.3 63 7.1 12.0 152 5 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.3 8.96 5 800 2073 17.9 8.2 53 9.7 11.9 148 11 310.2 311.9 293.4 336.5 8.55 6 750 2625 17.8 4.4 41 13.4 9.7 197 11 315.8 317.2 293.8 337.9 6.99 7 700 3213 15.2 0.8 37 14.4 7.1 245 19 319.4 320.5 293.8 338.0 5.80 8 650 3835 10.3 -2.4 41 12.8 3.5 262 22 320.7 321.6 293.5 336.6 4.93 9 600 4494 4.3 -4.6 52 8.9 -0.2 270 22 321.1 322.0 293.3 335.9 4.54 10 550 5194 -2.0 -7.2 67 5.2 -4.4 268 23 321.7 322.5 293.1 335.0 4.05 11 500 5944 -7.2 -15.0 54 7.7 -10.1 260 30 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.3 2.39 12 450 6758 -12.2 -23.1 40 10.9 -15.3 263 33 327.9 328.2 292.4 332.6 1.33 13 400 7648 -18.0 -31.3 30 13.3 -20.8 266 29 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.2 0.70 14 350 8632 -24.8 -38.5 27 13.8 -26.9 258 31 335.4 335.5 293.6 336.9 0.39 15 300 9732 -34.1 -43.2 39 9.1 -35.0 259 31 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.5 0.28 16 250 10980 -44.3 -49.6 55 5.3 -44.6 254 25 340.2 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.17 17 200 12438 -55.2 -62.0 43 6.7 -55.4 243 41 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14233 -64.3 -72.2 33 8.0 -64.4 259 34 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16688 -66.5 -83.2 8 16.8 -66.6 274 10 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.54 m Freezing level: 565.68 mb = 4974.64 m = 16320.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.11 mb = 4465.04 m = 14648.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.13 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.16 mb = 2748.99 m = 9018.87 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 581.05 mb = 4752.19 m = 15591.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3735.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.73 mb = 3851.16 m = 12634.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 96.76 m/s