MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 160 1 950 598 2 900 1063 3 850 1557 SFC 822 1843 22.4 8.2 40 14.2 13.4 283 8 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.3 8.31 5 800 2084 24.0 4.0 27 19.9 12.0 294 15 316.7 317.9 293.6 337.0 6.39 6 750 2644 20.8 1.4 28 19.4 9.6 264 20 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.4 5.66 7 700 3236 16.7 -1.0 30 17.7 6.9 249 23 321.0 322.0 293.7 337.5 5.09 8 650 3861 11.7 -3.1 35 14.8 3.8 239 22 322.2 323.1 293.7 337.5 4.68 9 600 4524 6.1 -5.5 43 11.6 0.3 231 21 323.1 324.0 293.6 337.1 4.23 10 550 5229 0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.7 229 20 324.1 324.9 293.5 336.8 3.82 11 500 5984 -6.4 -11.1 69 4.7 -8.4 231 22 325.3 325.9 293.4 336.3 3.28 12 450 6799 -12.4 -14.9 82 2.5 -13.3 244 28 327.7 328.2 293.5 336.8 2.68 13 400 7688 -18.4 -19.2 93 0.8 -18.7 254 37 331.1 331.5 293.9 338.3 2.09 14 350 8670 -25.4 -25.5 99 0.1 -25.4 262 41 334.5 334.8 294.2 339.5 1.37 15 300 9768 -33.9 -34.0 99 0.1 -34.0 265 41 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.72 16 250 11017 -44.5 -44.6 99 0.1 -44.5 259 31 339.9 339.9 294.6 341.0 0.29 17 200 12471 -56.0 -56.5 94 0.5 -56.0 255 38 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.09 18 150 14275 -62.7 -76.3 14 13.6 -62.8 254 24 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16728 -68.2 -82.4 11 14.2 -68.3 238 15 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.09 m Freezing level: 549.67 mb = 5234.31 m = 17172.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.76 mb = 4567.91 m = 14986.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.16 mb = 3654.14 m = 11988.51 ft T: 13.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 1.35 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 532.42 mb = 5486.59 m = 18000.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.74 C = 92.74 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4072.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 582.51 mb = 4763.89 m = 15629.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -39.6 tot: -39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 35.70 m/s