MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 70 1 950 508 2 900 977 3 850 1480 SFC 816 1844 32.4 -14.7 4 47.2 10.3 254 14 323.9 324.2 291.5 329.1 1.49 5 800 2018 29.8 -15.9 4 45.7 9.1 252 18 322.9 323.2 291.0 327.7 1.38 6 750 2585 24.4 -17.4 5 41.8 6.3 246 20 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.5 1.30 7 700 3181 18.6 -18.3 7 36.9 3.4 242 20 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.6 1.29 8 650 3807 12.5 -19.3 9 31.9 0.1 238 19 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.6 1.27 9 600 4470 6.1 -20.6 13 26.7 -3.5 235 19 323.2 323.5 291.0 327.5 1.24 10 550 5173 0.1 -26.1 12 26.2 -7.8 235 18 324.2 324.3 290.9 327.1 0.83 11 500 5927 -5.8 -34.8 8 29.0 -12.5 246 18 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.40 12 450 6742 -12.1 -35.9 12 23.8 -17.0 256 22 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.40 13 400 7631 -18.8 -31.1 33 12.2 -21.4 261 32 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.1 0.72 14 350 8611 -26.2 -34.9 44 8.8 -27.6 265 41 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.6 0.56 15 300 9705 -35.4 -43.8 42 8.5 -36.2 266 50 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.6 0.26 16 250 10947 -44.5 -45.6 89 1.1 -44.6 272 49 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.9 0.26 17 200 12411 -54.3 -54.3 99 0.0 -54.3 271 49 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.3 0.12 18 150 14201 -63.6 -75.0 20 11.4 -63.7 276 39 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16670 -65.2 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.4 244 16 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.71 m Freezing level: 549.41 mb = 5182.10 m = 17001.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.11 mb = 3831.49 m = 12570.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 8.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 405.68 mb = 7524.10 m = 24685.08 ft T: -18.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.88 C/km ThetaE index: 1.53 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 353.12 mb = 8545.31 m = 28035.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.28 C = 106.30 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: 2.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6348.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 401.56 mb = 7601.23 m = 24938.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -11.7 tot: -3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 1.36 m/s