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: 41.18,-104.70 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 1 950 589 2 900 1055 3 850 1550 SFC 828 1781 24.7 10.7 41 14.0 15.5 154 10 314.4 316.2 295.5 344.9 9.81 5 800 2077 20.1 9.2 49 10.9 13.1 161 11 312.6 314.3 294.5 340.9 9.15 6 750 2629 16.0 5.3 49 10.7 9.6 194 7 313.9 315.3 293.6 337.2 7.45 7 700 3213 13.8 -4.0 29 17.8 4.6 271 12 317.8 318.6 292.0 331.0 4.07 8 650 3831 8.3 -7.0 33 15.3 1.0 270 16 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.8 3.49 9 600 4485 2.4 -10.1 39 12.5 -3.0 267 18 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.6 2.96 10 550 5180 -3.8 -13.8 46 9.9 -7.7 268 19 319.5 320.0 291.0 327.5 2.40 11 500 5923 -10.6 -17.6 56 7.0 -12.9 275 20 320.2 320.5 290.7 326.6 1.93 12 450 6722 -17.5 -23.4 60 5.9 -19.0 274 23 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.7 1.28 13 400 7592 -24.3 -33.3 43 8.9 -25.8 271 21 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.58 14 350 8549 -32.4 -40.0 46 7.7 -33.2 260 23 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.3 0.33 15 300 9617 -40.5 -51.9 28 11.4 -41.2 259 33 328.2 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 16 250 10837 -47.4 -60.6 20 13.2 -47.8 257 41 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.04 17 200 12310 -48.1 -70.8 6 22.7 -48.7 261 42 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 14182 -54.0 -79.4 3 25.4 -54.4 265 29 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16717 -63.5 -83.6 5 20.2 -63.7 312 8 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.14 m Freezing level: 580.74 mb = 4752.74 m = 15592.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.44 mb = 3990.77 m = 13092.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.88 mb = 3530.45 m = 11582.71 ft T: 11.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.64 mb = 4341.48 m = 14243.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.73 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1150.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.52 mb = 3773.60 m = 12380.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 569.52 mb = 4901.50 m = 16080.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.52 mb = 11120.11 m = 36482.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1141.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.52 mb = 13782.00 m = 45215.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 17.60 Bulk Shear: 65.36 m/s