MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.18,-104.76 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 1 950 579 2 900 1045 3 850 1541 SFC 824 1811 24.9 9.5 38 15.4 14.9 93 5 315.0 316.7 295.1 343.3 9.08 5 800 2070 21.6 7.7 41 14.0 12.9 97 6 314.2 315.8 294.3 340.0 8.25 6 750 2625 16.9 4.8 45 12.1 9.6 156 1 314.9 316.3 293.7 337.5 7.20 7 700 3208 12.0 1.3 48 10.7 6.0 279 6 315.8 317.0 293.0 334.9 6.03 8 650 3823 7.0 -2.1 52 9.1 2.2 283 13 316.9 317.9 292.6 333.1 5.06 9 600 4475 2.3 -6.4 53 8.7 -1.8 277 18 318.8 319.6 292.2 331.7 3.96 10 550 5171 -3.2 -10.1 59 6.9 -6.1 272 24 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.0 3.23 11 500 5916 -9.3 -13.7 71 4.4 -11.0 266 27 321.6 322.2 291.9 330.5 2.66 12 450 6721 -14.9 -20.0 65 5.1 -16.4 266 29 324.5 324.8 291.8 330.4 1.73 13 400 7599 -21.5 -26.7 62 5.3 -22.7 266 32 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.9 1.07 14 350 8566 -29.0 -34.2 61 5.2 -29.8 266 34 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.60 15 300 9647 -37.8 -41.9 65 4.1 -38.2 263 35 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.32 16 250 10876 -47.2 -53.6 48 6.4 -47.5 267 44 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 17 200 12337 -50.6 -64.0 19 13.4 -51.0 279 47 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.03 18 150 14198 -53.9 -79.0 3 25.1 -54.3 264 33 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.01 19 100 16741 -63.9 -83.6 5 19.7 -64.1 334 7 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.00 m Freezing level: 578.91 mb = 4768.87 m = 15645.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.22 mb = 4179.00 m = 13710.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 656.87 mb = 3735.64 m = 12255.88 ft T: 7.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 12.90 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.52 mb = 4427.79 m = 14526.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 586.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 636.33 mb = 3996.23 m = 13110.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.33 mb = 5151.74 m = 16901.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.33 mb = 11107.03 m = 36439.95 ft B at Equ Level: 583.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.33 mb = 12971.17 m = 42555.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.5 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 299.5 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 43.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 7.80 Bulk Shear: 75.21 m/s