MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z 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 125 1 950 563 2 900 1026 3 850 1519 SFC 819 1843 18.8 0.8 30 18.0 9.0 150 3 309.2 310.1 290.2 324.6 4.96 5 800 2043 22.3 -0.1 22 22.4 9.9 151 7 314.9 315.8 291.7 330.0 4.74 6 750 2601 21.1 -2.6 20 23.7 8.3 212 6 319.5 320.3 292.6 333.1 4.20 7 700 3193 17.6 -4.9 21 22.5 5.9 258 10 321.9 322.7 292.9 334.4 3.79 8 650 3820 12.3 -6.5 26 18.8 2.9 270 12 322.9 323.6 293.0 334.9 3.62 9 600 4483 6.1 -7.9 36 14.0 -0.6 273 13 323.2 323.9 293.0 334.9 3.51 10 550 5187 -0.6 -9.4 51 8.9 -4.6 265 14 323.4 324.1 293.0 334.7 3.40 11 500 5939 -7.6 -11.7 72 4.1 -9.2 255 24 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.3 3.13 12 450 6750 -12.7 -24.2 38 11.5 -16.0 261 31 327.2 327.4 292.1 331.4 1.20 13 400 7639 -18.6 -31.5 31 13.0 -21.3 282 30 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.68 14 350 8617 -27.1 -37.0 38 9.9 -28.6 283 34 332.2 332.3 292.8 333.9 0.45 15 300 9709 -35.4 -48.2 26 12.7 -36.5 273 42 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 16 250 10953 -44.5 -57.0 23 12.5 -45.0 272 41 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.07 17 200 12412 -55.0 -65.5 26 10.5 -55.2 275 42 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14208 -63.3 -75.5 18 12.1 -63.4 275 40 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16673 -65.8 -83.4 7 17.5 -66.0 266 10 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.30 m Freezing level: 554.24 mb = 5127.24 m = 16821.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.19 mb = 4370.48 m = 14338.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 624.98 mb = 4144.95 m = 13598.75 ft T: 9.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.15 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 501.56 mb = 5914.10 m = 19402.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: 2.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5318.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 546.56 mb = 5236.43 m = 17179.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 50.24 m/s