MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z 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 136 1 950 573 2 900 1035 3 850 1525 SFC 819 1843 17.6 -13.7 11 31.2 4.6 156 5 307.8 308.1 286.4 313.1 1.62 5 800 2046 21.6 -14.9 7 36.5 6.1 157 9 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.2 1.51 6 750 2603 20.3 -15.7 8 35.9 4.9 231 9 318.6 318.9 289.9 323.7 1.50 7 700 3191 15.8 -15.1 11 30.9 2.7 253 17 319.9 320.3 290.5 325.6 1.68 8 650 3813 10.2 -13.2 18 23.5 0.2 248 22 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.6 2.12 9 600 4471 4.5 -12.5 28 17.1 -2.7 240 31 321.4 321.9 291.6 329.5 2.44 10 550 5171 -1.3 -16.0 32 14.6 -6.9 238 34 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.3 2.00 11 500 5923 -6.5 -25.6 20 19.2 -11.9 244 33 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.5 0.95 12 450 6737 -12.1 -26.3 30 14.2 -15.9 253 36 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.5 0.99 13 400 7626 -18.7 -27.8 44 9.1 -20.8 255 40 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.2 0.97 14 350 8606 -26.4 -33.0 54 6.6 -27.5 263 42 333.2 333.3 293.3 335.7 0.68 15 300 9700 -35.0 -38.3 72 3.3 -35.4 263 52 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.8 0.47 16 250 10947 -44.0 -45.5 85 1.5 -44.2 262 42 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.26 17 200 12406 -54.9 -58.2 66 3.3 -55.0 252 54 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14198 -64.1 -75.1 21 11.0 -64.3 246 43 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16653 -64.3 -83.2 6 19.0 -64.4 238 14 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.38 m Freezing level: 561.42 mb = 5011.25 m = 16440.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.59 mb = 3855.93 m = 12650.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 509.53 mb = 5773.79 m = 18942.65 ft T: -5.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 366.16 mb = 8274.62 m = 27147.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.79 C = 105.42 F Cap Strength: 9.34 C Lifted Index: 7.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8777.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 450.06 mb = 6736.03 m = 22099.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 86.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 94.79 m/s