MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 105 1 950 545 2 900 1014 3 850 1517 SFC 819 1844 32.0 -8.1 7 40.1 11.3 269 9 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.6 2.53 5 800 2055 29.3 -8.8 8 38.0 10.0 264 12 322.3 322.8 291.9 330.6 2.46 6 750 2622 23.8 -9.9 10 33.7 7.4 254 14 322.4 322.9 291.9 330.5 2.41 7 700 3216 18.1 -10.7 13 28.8 4.5 249 15 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.6 2.42 8 650 3842 12.0 -11.6 18 23.7 1.4 244 14 322.6 323.0 291.9 330.7 2.41 9 600 4504 5.7 -12.7 25 18.4 -2.1 240 16 322.8 323.2 291.9 330.9 2.40 10 550 5208 -0.1 -14.9 32 14.8 -5.9 261 23 324.0 324.4 292.1 331.4 2.19 11 500 5962 -6.2 -18.9 36 12.7 -10.6 266 24 325.5 325.8 292.1 331.4 1.71 12 450 6776 -12.4 -23.4 40 10.9 -15.6 259 25 327.6 327.9 292.3 332.2 1.29 13 400 7664 -19.0 -25.4 57 6.4 -20.6 255 35 330.3 330.6 293.0 334.7 1.21 14 350 8643 -26.6 -32.3 59 5.6 -27.6 250 41 332.9 333.0 293.2 335.6 0.73 15 300 9736 -35.3 -36.2 92 0.9 -35.4 255 47 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.8 0.58 16 250 10981 -44.5 -44.7 97 0.3 -44.5 262 51 340.0 340.0 294.6 341.1 0.28 17 200 12440 -55.7 -55.8 99 0.1 -55.7 269 45 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 18 150 14224 -64.7 -74.5 25 9.8 -64.8 276 51 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16696 -65.6 -83.0 7 17.4 -65.8 238 15 400.9 400.9 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.25 m Freezing level: 550.72 mb = 5197.54 m = 17052.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.55 mb = 4093.52 m = 13430.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 453.67 mb = 6713.04 m = 22024.15 ft T: -11.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.84 C/km ThetaE index: 1.05 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 414.26 mb = 7399.74 m = 24277.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.14 C = 100.65 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: 2.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5212.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 453.55 mb = 6715.14 m = 22031.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -1.2 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 10.37 m/s