MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.64,-108.71 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -108.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 1 950 619 2 900 1079 3 850 1566 4 800 2082 SFC 793 2158 13.8 4.3 52 9.6 8.3 161 4 306.7 307.9 290.7 326.6 6.55 6 750 2632 16.6 1.6 36 14.9 8.1 198 5 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.7 5.75 7 700 3215 13.3 -4.8 28 18.1 4.2 251 9 317.2 317.9 291.6 329.5 3.82 8 650 3833 8.3 -9.9 26 18.2 0.1 245 10 318.4 318.9 291.0 327.5 2.77 9 600 4486 2.2 -11.2 36 13.4 -3.4 233 14 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.7 2.71 10 550 5180 -4.2 -11.6 56 7.4 -7.2 231 16 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.6 2.87 11 500 5922 -10.8 -12.3 89 1.5 -11.3 238 21 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.8 2.98 12 450 6723 -17.1 -23.3 58 6.2 -18.7 250 27 321.7 322.0 290.6 326.2 1.30 13 400 7594 -23.8 -30.7 53 6.9 -25.1 251 30 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.7 0.74 14 350 8556 -30.5 -38.0 48 7.4 -31.4 255 39 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.1 0.41 15 300 9634 -37.5 -48.6 30 11.1 -38.2 259 54 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10876 -42.5 -63.1 9 20.5 -43.3 261 64 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.03 17 200 12361 -47.9 -73.1 4 25.2 -48.4 253 57 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14217 -57.6 -78.8 5 21.2 -57.9 258 42 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16719 -66.9 -82.9 9 16.0 -67.0 290 8 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.41 m Freezing level: 582.61 mb = 4727.54 m = 15510.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.08 mb = 3856.78 m = 12653.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.73 % Est. max temperature: 24.82 C = 76.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.24 mb = 3380.75 m = 11091.58 ft T: 11.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 553.71 mb = 5126.66 m = 16819.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.80 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 325.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 594.13 mb = 4564.42 m = 14974.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 479.13 mb = 6246.24 m = 20492.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.13 mb = 8573.02 m = 28126.37 ft B at Equ Level: 95.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.13 mb = 9885.50 m = 32432.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.63 Bulk Shear: 36.83 m/s