MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 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 167 1 950 604 2 900 1066 3 850 1556 SFC 828 1781 19.1 9.7 54 9.4 13.1 157 3 308.5 310.2 293.4 336.3 9.14 5 800 2075 17.1 7.2 52 9.9 11.1 156 3 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.9 7.99 6 750 2623 14.4 4.0 50 10.4 8.4 183 5 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.5 6.83 7 700 3203 11.5 0.3 46 11.1 5.4 246 4 315.2 316.3 292.5 332.9 5.60 8 650 3818 7.1 -2.8 50 9.8 2.0 269 11 316.9 317.9 292.3 332.3 4.81 9 600 4470 1.5 -5.1 62 6.6 -1.7 275 20 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.0 4.37 10 550 5165 -3.9 -8.6 70 4.7 -6.0 285 31 319.5 320.2 292.1 331.4 3.64 11 500 5909 -9.5 -12.0 82 2.6 -10.5 285 35 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.6 3.04 12 450 6716 -14.8 -17.3 81 2.5 -15.6 274 34 324.6 325.1 292.3 332.1 2.20 13 400 7596 -20.9 -25.6 66 4.7 -22.0 265 31 327.8 328.1 292.3 332.1 1.19 14 350 8568 -28.1 -34.5 54 6.4 -29.1 248 34 330.9 331.0 292.5 333.0 0.59 15 300 9656 -35.8 -38.5 76 2.7 -36.1 221 34 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.6 0.46 16 250 10897 -45.4 -50.0 60 4.6 -45.7 218 24 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.16 17 200 12359 -51.7 -67.7 13 16.0 -52.1 254 31 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14206 -55.3 -78.6 4 23.3 -55.7 267 35 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.8 0.01 19 100 16745 -65.1 -83.1 7 18.0 -65.3 339 9 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.62 m Freezing level: 586.10 mb = 4663.27 m = 15299.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.75 mb = 4167.26 m = 13671.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.42 mb = 2973.46 m = 9755.34 ft T: 12.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.92 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.91 mb = 4363.64 m = 14316.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 280.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.75 mb = 3594.94 m = 11794.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 502.75 mb = 5866.40 m = 19246.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 402.75 mb = 7545.27 m = 24754.53 ft B at Equ Level: 23.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.75 mb = 9140.55 m = 29988.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.1 neg: -1.7 tot: 69.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 70.35 m/s