MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 556 2 900 1017 3 850 1506 SFC 817 1843 17.1 -8.7 16 25.8 5.4 150 5 307.5 308.0 287.2 315.2 2.43 5 800 2026 20.8 -9.9 12 30.6 6.6 146 12 313.3 313.7 288.9 320.6 2.26 6 750 2582 20.6 -12.8 9 33.4 5.5 201 11 318.9 319.3 290.3 325.3 1.90 7 700 3172 16.7 -14.6 10 31.3 3.2 240 17 321.0 321.3 290.8 326.9 1.75 8 650 3795 11.2 -15.4 14 26.6 0.2 239 18 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.77 9 600 4455 5.2 -15.4 21 20.6 -3.0 229 17 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.6 1.92 10 550 5157 -1.3 -16.1 32 14.7 -6.9 225 17 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.2 1.98 11 500 5907 -7.5 -20.4 35 12.9 -11.7 250 21 323.9 324.2 291.5 329.1 1.51 12 450 6718 -12.7 -37.4 11 24.6 -17.5 267 31 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.34 13 400 7605 -19.1 -44.2 9 25.1 -22.7 276 40 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.19 14 350 8584 -26.2 -46.6 13 20.5 -28.5 279 46 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.16 15 300 9679 -35.0 -50.2 20 15.2 -36.2 284 55 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.13 16 250 10923 -44.8 -55.0 31 10.1 -45.3 280 61 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.09 17 200 12384 -54.2 -63.7 30 9.5 -54.4 278 63 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14194 -61.8 -75.9 14 14.1 -62.0 263 43 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16652 -65.2 -83.0 7 17.9 -65.3 220 10 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.73 m Freezing level: 560.28 mb = 5012.31 m = 16444.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.97 mb = 3833.98 m = 12578.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 552.90 mb = 5114.14 m = 16778.48 ft T: -0.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 395.70 mb = 7683.99 m = 25209.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.81 C = 101.86 F Cap Strength: 7.40 C Lifted Index: 6.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7972.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 474.73 mb = 6305.78 m = 20688.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.4 neg: -8.7 tot: 85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 77.40 m/s