MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 162 1 950 600 2 900 1063 3 850 1556 SFC 822 1843 19.0 -2.5 23 21.5 7.9 165 3 309.0 309.7 289.0 321.1 3.86 5 800 2081 22.7 -3.2 18 25.9 9.0 164 5 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.4 3.77 6 750 2639 20.7 -6.0 16 26.7 7.1 264 7 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.8 3.25 7 700 3230 16.4 -8.3 18 24.7 4.5 283 15 320.7 321.3 291.8 330.4 2.92 8 650 3853 10.7 -6.9 28 17.6 2.1 270 16 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.5 3.50 9 600 4512 4.7 -4.5 51 9.2 0.1 250 22 321.6 322.5 293.4 336.6 4.58 10 550 5214 -1.5 -5.7 73 4.3 -3.6 245 31 322.3 323.2 293.6 337.2 4.54 11 500 5965 -7.4 -12.3 68 4.9 -9.4 246 35 324.0 324.6 292.8 334.0 2.98 12 450 6777 -12.9 -25.6 34 12.8 -16.3 251 31 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.8 1.05 13 400 7664 -18.9 -25.1 58 6.2 -20.5 261 31 330.4 330.7 293.0 334.9 1.25 14 350 8645 -26.1 -39.1 28 13.1 -28.0 260 34 333.6 333.7 293.0 335.0 0.37 15 300 9739 -34.9 -43.2 43 8.3 -35.8 259 38 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.2 0.28 16 250 10984 -44.6 -48.4 65 3.9 -44.8 261 41 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.19 17 200 12445 -53.9 -64.5 26 10.6 -54.2 259 45 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14246 -63.8 -76.2 17 12.5 -63.8 263 44 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16695 -67.6 -82.5 10 14.9 -67.7 239 13 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.39 m Freezing level: 561.84 mb = 5047.88 m = 16561.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.92 mb = 4526.84 m = 14851.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 595.01 mb = 4579.67 m = 15024.98 ft T: 4.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 463.67 mb = 6546.12 m = 21476.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.27 C = 95.48 F Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lifted Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6411.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 523.93 mb = 5596.66 m = 18361.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: -6.6 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 66.28 m/s