MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z 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 174 1 950 611 2 900 1074 3 850 1566 SFC 823 1843 18.5 5.1 41 13.4 10.6 166 4 308.3 309.6 291.4 328.8 6.70 5 800 2089 21.0 4.4 33 16.7 11.1 159 8 313.5 314.8 292.8 334.0 6.54 6 750 2646 19.8 2.2 31 17.6 9.5 187 9 318.0 319.2 293.6 337.2 5.99 7 700 3236 16.3 0.1 33 16.2 7.1 239 13 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.3 5.51 8 650 3860 11.0 -1.9 41 12.9 4.0 258 16 321.4 322.4 293.8 338.0 5.12 9 600 4520 4.8 -3.8 54 8.6 0.4 272 19 321.7 322.7 293.7 337.4 4.81 10 550 5222 -1.8 -5.9 73 4.1 -3.8 270 25 322.0 322.8 293.4 336.6 4.48 11 500 5972 -7.6 -15.1 55 7.5 -10.4 266 33 323.8 324.2 292.2 331.8 2.37 12 450 6783 -12.8 -24.5 37 11.7 -16.0 265 35 327.1 327.4 292.0 331.3 1.16 13 400 7671 -18.9 -30.9 34 12.0 -21.4 267 36 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.1 0.73 14 350 8651 -25.9 -37.1 34 11.1 -27.7 268 38 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.5 0.45 15 300 9748 -34.5 -44.2 37 9.7 -35.5 267 40 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.7 0.25 16 250 10994 -44.4 -52.7 39 8.4 -44.8 256 44 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.6 0.12 17 200 12454 -54.4 -62.9 34 8.5 -54.6 255 40 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14253 -64.1 -73.0 29 8.9 -64.2 265 39 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16710 -68.3 -82.5 11 14.2 -68.4 319 3 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.94 m Freezing level: 563.53 mb = 5032.03 m = 16509.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.54 mb = 4580.61 m = 15028.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.99 mb = 3554.73 m = 11662.37 ft T: 13.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 552.15 mb = 5190.39 m = 17028.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4675.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 601.19 mb = 4504.13 m = 14777.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 85.11 m/s