MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 1 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 153 1 950 592 2 900 1059 3 850 1557 SFC 823 1843 28.1 2.1 19 26.0 12.8 145 4 318.6 319.6 293.3 336.0 5.42 5 800 2088 23.7 1.5 23 22.3 10.9 163 5 316.4 317.5 292.6 333.4 5.32 6 750 2645 18.2 0.2 30 18.0 8.2 189 9 316.3 317.3 292.5 332.8 5.18 7 700 3229 12.7 -1.0 39 13.7 5.3 207 13 316.5 317.5 292.4 332.7 5.07 8 650 3845 7.1 -2.6 50 9.7 2.1 219 17 317.0 317.9 292.4 332.6 4.86 9 600 4496 1.2 -4.5 66 5.7 -1.6 225 21 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.2 4.58 10 550 5189 -4.9 -7.4 83 2.5 -6.0 230 25 318.3 319.0 292.0 331.2 3.98 11 500 5930 -11.0 -14.4 76 3.3 -12.2 234 27 319.6 320.1 291.1 327.9 2.51 12 450 6730 -15.7 -37.7 13 22.0 -19.6 252 28 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.8 0.33 13 400 7608 -21.6 -50.3 6 28.7 -24.8 266 26 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.2 0.10 14 350 8575 -29.9 -48.9 14 19.0 -31.6 264 29 328.4 328.5 291.4 329.0 0.13 15 300 9654 -37.8 -51.6 22 13.8 -38.7 269 41 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.11 16 250 10891 -44.6 -61.5 13 16.9 -45.2 274 59 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12363 -50.2 -68.7 9 18.6 -50.6 265 55 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 18 150 14215 -58.4 -79.7 5 21.3 -58.7 268 54 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16725 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.3 -65.8 183 6 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.90 m Freezing level: 590.19 mb = 4632.00 m = 15196.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.50 mb = 4209.64 m = 13810.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.45 C = 79.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 560.93 mb = 5032.11 m = 16509.36 ft T: -3.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.45 mb = 5038.94 m = 16531.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 116.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 571.57 mb = 4882.59 m = 16018.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.57 mb = 5380.99 m = 17653.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.57 mb = 9502.46 m = 31175.66 ft B at Equ Level: 114.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.57 mb = 10715.24 m = 35154.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.31 Bulk Shear: 50.24 m/s