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: 41.18,-104.02 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 573 2 900 1042 3 850 1543 SFC 846 1583 28.3 11.8 36 16.4 17.2 166 15 316.2 318.1 296.3 348.6 10.36 5 800 2075 22.1 9.2 44 13.0 13.8 171 19 314.7 316.5 295.1 343.2 9.14 6 750 2631 16.8 7.8 55 9.0 11.2 177 18 314.8 316.5 295.0 342.6 8.89 7 700 3214 11.4 6.2 71 5.1 8.2 182 15 315.1 316.7 294.7 341.8 8.54 8 650 3829 7.9 -3.7 44 11.6 2.0 259 8 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.4 4.48 9 600 4483 2.6 -8.4 44 11.0 -2.4 278 16 319.1 319.8 291.7 330.2 3.38 10 550 5179 -3.7 -12.6 50 9.0 -7.2 282 17 319.7 320.3 291.3 328.5 2.63 11 500 5922 -10.6 -14.4 74 3.8 -11.9 281 18 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.5 2.52 12 450 6722 -17.4 -18.3 93 0.9 -17.7 278 20 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.02 13 400 7593 -23.2 -25.8 80 2.5 -23.8 266 32 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.17 14 350 8558 -30.2 -32.7 79 2.4 -30.6 265 42 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.5 0.70 15 300 9634 -39.1 -42.3 71 3.2 -39.4 267 49 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.5 0.31 16 250 10860 -46.3 -56.1 32 9.8 -46.7 268 53 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 17 200 12330 -49.9 -69.4 8 19.6 -50.3 277 45 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 18 150 14196 -53.5 -79.5 3 25.9 -53.9 264 31 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16735 -62.8 -83.8 4 21.0 -63.0 302 8 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.86 m Freezing level: 579.14 mb = 4773.48 m = 15660.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.11 mb = 4122.13 m = 13523.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 665.72 mb = 3630.68 m = 11911.52 ft T: 9.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 20.11 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.25 mb = 4068.33 m = 13347.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.39 C = 86.71 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1561.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.23 mb = 3699.44 m = 12137.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.23 mb = 4547.02 m = 14917.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.23 mb = 11547.30 m = 37884.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1549.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.23 mb = 14397.87 m = 47236.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.7 neg: -6.6 tot: 43.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 22.05 Bulk Shear: 70.85 m/s