MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.61,-104.76 Latitude: 38.61 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 1 950 585 2 900 1052 3 850 1550 SFC 821 1857 26.2 9.4 35 16.7 15.3 72 6 316.7 318.5 295.6 345.3 9.08 5 800 2079 22.8 8.1 39 14.7 13.5 81 6 315.5 317.1 294.8 342.2 8.52 6 750 2636 17.8 6.3 47 11.6 10.7 106 5 315.9 317.5 294.6 341.1 8.00 7 700 3221 13.5 2.6 47 11.0 7.2 161 4 317.5 318.7 293.9 338.4 6.60 8 650 3840 9.1 -4.1 39 13.2 2.4 235 5 319.2 320.1 292.6 333.3 4.34 9 600 4496 3.1 -7.2 47 10.3 -1.7 251 10 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.8 3.71 10 550 5194 -2.4 -9.9 56 7.5 -5.7 259 16 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.0 3.28 11 500 5942 -9.0 -13.5 70 4.5 -10.7 270 20 322.1 322.7 292.0 331.2 2.71 12 450 6747 -15.3 -18.0 80 2.7 -16.2 282 23 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.0 2.05 13 400 7626 -21.4 -25.2 72 3.8 -22.4 291 28 327.1 327.4 292.1 331.5 1.23 14 350 8597 -28.1 -30.8 78 2.6 -28.6 289 35 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.9 0.84 15 300 9685 -36.0 -38.7 76 2.7 -36.3 279 44 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.4 0.45 16 250 10927 -45.0 -53.0 40 8.0 -45.4 282 67 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.11 17 200 12403 -48.3 -71.1 5 22.7 -48.9 265 56 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 14255 -58.7 -79.4 5 20.7 -58.9 267 35 368.9 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16742 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.3 -65.8 298 1 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.46 m Freezing level: 572.08 mb = 4885.85 m = 16029.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.19 mb = 4211.87 m = 13818.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 641.76 mb = 3944.97 m = 12942.66 ft T: 8.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.73 mb = 4458.93 m = 14628.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 718.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 633.14 mb = 4055.70 m = 13305.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.14 mb = 5076.16 m = 16653.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.14 mb = 11248.36 m = 36903.62 ft B at Equ Level: 701.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.14 mb = 13147.72 m = 43135.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 65.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 13.28 Bulk Shear: 54.09 m/s