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,-104.70 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 131 1 950 570 2 900 1037 3 850 1535 SFC 826 1781 26.8 7.4 29 19.3 14.5 150 7 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.4 7.85 5 800 2066 23.0 5.4 32 17.6 12.3 155 9 315.7 317.0 293.8 337.9 7.05 6 750 2622 17.7 3.5 39 14.2 9.3 173 8 315.8 317.1 293.4 336.6 6.57 7 700 3207 12.7 1.7 47 11.0 6.4 212 6 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.1 6.18 8 650 3823 7.5 -1.5 53 9.0 2.7 263 9 317.4 318.4 292.9 334.2 5.26 9 600 4476 2.5 -6.1 53 8.6 -1.6 275 14 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.1 4.03 10 550 5172 -3.0 -10.0 58 7.0 -6.0 272 21 320.5 321.2 292.0 331.2 3.25 11 500 5918 -9.2 -13.4 72 4.2 -10.8 271 26 321.8 322.3 292.0 330.9 2.73 12 450 6722 -15.2 -19.0 73 3.8 -16.4 270 29 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.5 1.88 13 400 7600 -21.8 -25.4 73 3.6 -22.7 269 32 326.6 326.9 292.0 330.9 1.21 14 350 8566 -29.5 -33.4 69 3.9 -30.2 267 36 328.9 329.1 292.1 331.3 0.65 15 300 9645 -38.6 -41.1 77 2.5 -38.9 261 39 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.35 16 250 10870 -47.4 -54.5 44 7.1 -47.7 262 51 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12332 -50.3 -68.1 10 17.8 -50.7 278 45 353.1 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 14192 -53.6 -79.2 3 25.6 -54.0 263 34 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.01 19 100 16735 -63.0 -83.6 5 20.6 -63.2 312 7 405.9 405.9 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.59 m Freezing level: 577.32 mb = 4791.92 m = 15721.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.95 mb = 4222.49 m = 13853.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.17 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.86 mb = 4184.19 m = 13727.49 ft T: 4.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 10.91 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.23 mb = 4716.76 m = 15474.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.00 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 517.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 611.12 mb = 4326.35 m = 14193.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.12 mb = 5372.16 m = 17624.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.12 mb = 10972.23 m = 35997.69 ft B at Equ Level: 515.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.12 mb = 12797.27 m = 41985.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.81 Bulk Shear: 66.22 m/s