MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 93 1 950 532 2 900 1002 3 850 1507 SFC 819 1844 33.9 -0.7 11 34.5 13.7 271 12 325.1 326.0 294.3 339.8 4.45 5 800 2048 30.7 -1.2 13 31.9 12.4 270 16 323.9 324.8 293.9 338.4 4.38 6 750 2618 25.2 -2.4 16 27.6 9.8 267 19 323.9 324.8 293.9 338.0 4.27 7 700 3216 19.4 -3.4 21 22.8 7.1 270 20 324.0 324.8 293.9 338.1 4.26 8 650 3846 13.4 -4.5 29 17.8 4.0 274 20 324.1 324.9 293.9 338.1 4.23 9 600 4511 6.9 -5.6 40 12.6 0.6 279 20 324.2 325.0 293.9 338.0 4.19 10 550 5218 0.6 -8.2 52 8.8 -3.6 294 22 324.7 325.5 293.6 337.2 3.74 11 500 5974 -5.8 -12.9 57 7.2 -8.7 292 24 326.0 326.6 293.2 335.6 2.82 12 450 6789 -12.3 -20.7 49 8.4 -14.9 284 25 327.8 328.1 292.7 333.5 1.63 13 400 7679 -18.0 -33.8 24 15.8 -21.2 273 27 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.6 0.55 14 350 8662 -25.9 -39.9 26 14.0 -27.9 267 30 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.34 15 300 9756 -35.3 -44.3 39 9.1 -36.1 266 33 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.25 16 250 10999 -44.7 -53.3 38 8.6 -45.2 268 35 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.11 17 200 12459 -54.5 -62.4 37 7.9 -54.7 269 37 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.04 18 150 14257 -63.2 -76.4 15 13.2 -63.3 266 33 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16717 -68.0 -82.7 11 14.7 -68.1 256 12 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5880.92 m Freezing level: 545.61 mb = 5284.44 m = 17337.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.72 mb = 4610.50 m = 15126.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 494.24 mb = 6063.71 m = 19893.81 ft T: -6.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.14 C/km ThetaE index: 1.80 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 481.45 mb = 6266.73 m = 20559.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.34 C = 95.61 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 498.05 mb = 6004.36 m = 19699.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 333.05 mb = 9014.03 m = 29573.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.05 mb = 9915.82 m = 32531.82 ft B at Equ Level: 5.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.05 mb = 10398.00 m = 34113.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 6.57 m/s