MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 75 1 950 514 2 900 983 3 850 1487 SFC 817 1844 33.3 0.1 12 33.2 13.7 261 13 324.7 325.6 294.4 340.2 4.71 5 800 2028 30.3 -0.4 14 30.7 12.5 259 17 323.4 324.4 294.0 338.7 4.64 6 750 2597 24.8 -1.7 17 26.4 9.9 254 19 323.5 324.4 293.9 338.3 4.51 7 700 3194 19.0 -2.6 23 21.6 7.2 253 19 323.5 324.4 293.9 338.4 4.51 8 650 3823 13.0 -3.7 31 16.6 4.1 254 18 323.6 324.5 293.9 338.4 4.49 9 600 4488 6.5 -4.8 44 11.3 0.8 254 18 323.7 324.6 293.9 338.4 4.47 10 550 5193 -0.3 -6.1 65 5.8 -3.1 256 19 323.8 324.6 293.9 338.3 4.41 11 500 5947 -6.5 -10.0 76 3.5 -8.0 276 23 325.1 325.8 293.6 337.1 3.57 12 450 6762 -12.3 -16.8 69 4.5 -13.9 281 29 327.8 328.2 293.2 335.6 2.27 13 400 7650 -19.1 -26.4 53 7.3 -20.9 262 29 330.2 330.4 292.8 334.2 1.11 14 350 8628 -26.5 -36.5 38 10.0 -28.0 262 36 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.8 0.48 15 300 9723 -34.4 -45.3 32 10.9 -35.4 255 37 336.9 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.22 16 250 10969 -45.0 -49.1 63 4.1 -45.2 255 37 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.18 17 200 12423 -55.2 -64.6 30 9.4 -55.4 253 39 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14225 -62.8 -76.4 14 13.6 -63.0 253 38 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16698 -66.9 -83.3 8 16.3 -67.1 266 11 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5871.63 m Freezing level: 551.95 mb = 5165.59 m = 16947.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.20 mb = 4621.16 m = 15161.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.25 C = 90.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 502.60 mb = 5905.77 m = 19375.64 ft T: -6.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.26 C/km ThetaE index: 1.90 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 495.12 mb = 6022.71 m = 19759.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.92 C = 93.06 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 506.80 mb = 5839.92 m = 19159.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 431.80 mb = 7072.91 m = 23204.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.80 mb = 9449.17 m = 31000.84 ft B at Equ Level: 40.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.80 mb = 10920.34 m = 35827.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.75 Bulk Shear: 4.37 m/s