MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 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 169 1 950 606 2 900 1068 3 850 1559 SFC 826 1810 19.9 8.7 48 11.2 12.9 349 0 309.5 311.1 293.3 335.7 8.56 5 800 2079 17.5 6.1 47 11.3 10.7 1 1 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.6 7.42 6 750 2628 14.7 4.3 50 10.4 8.6 158 1 312.5 313.8 292.9 334.2 6.96 7 700 3208 10.9 2.4 55 8.6 6.1 264 5 314.6 315.8 293.0 335.0 6.49 8 650 3821 6.4 -0.8 60 7.3 2.5 269 12 316.2 317.3 292.7 333.8 5.54 9 600 4472 1.3 -4.1 67 5.4 -1.4 271 20 317.6 318.5 292.4 332.7 4.70 10 550 5166 -4.3 -7.5 78 3.2 -5.8 278 28 319.0 319.7 292.2 331.8 3.96 11 500 5910 -9.5 -11.2 87 1.7 -10.2 283 32 321.4 322.1 292.3 332.2 3.25 12 450 6716 -14.7 -17.3 80 2.6 -15.6 273 32 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.2 2.19 13 400 7597 -20.9 -28.6 50 7.8 -22.5 266 31 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.1 0.90 14 350 8569 -28.2 -36.8 44 8.6 -29.5 243 37 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.47 15 300 9658 -35.5 -41.0 57 5.6 -36.1 220 36 335.4 335.5 293.5 336.8 0.35 16 250 10901 -45.2 -49.5 62 4.3 -45.4 207 30 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.17 17 200 12360 -52.6 -66.9 16 14.3 -52.9 255 34 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14206 -55.1 -79.0 4 23.8 -55.5 268 38 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.01 19 100 16746 -64.9 -83.3 6 18.4 -65.0 349 8 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.17 m Freezing level: 588.54 mb = 4631.29 m = 15194.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.66 mb = 4236.42 m = 13898.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.40 C = 77.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.04 mb = 3219.10 m = 10561.21 ft T: 10.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 3.13 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.25 mb = 4388.08 m = 14396.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.22 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 231.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.10 mb = 3706.10 m = 12158.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 504.10 mb = 5846.00 m = 19179.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.10 mb = 6479.73 m = 21258.70 ft B at Equ Level: 16.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 344.10 mb = 8688.87 m = 28506.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.3 neg: -4.3 tot: 67.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 56.20 m/s