MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 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 79 1 950 518 2 900 986 3 850 1488 SFC 817 1844 31.8 -7.8 7 39.6 11.3 294 10 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.8 2.59 5 800 2025 28.8 -8.6 8 37.4 9.9 291 11 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.2 2.49 6 750 2591 23.3 -10.1 10 33.5 7.2 278 11 321.9 322.4 291.6 329.8 2.35 7 700 3184 17.6 -11.1 13 28.7 4.2 273 10 322.0 322.4 291.7 329.8 2.33 8 650 3809 11.6 -12.3 17 23.9 1.0 268 9 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.8 2.29 9 600 4470 5.3 -13.6 24 18.9 -2.6 260 8 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.7 2.23 10 550 5171 -1.1 -16.7 29 15.6 -6.9 251 8 322.8 323.1 291.5 329.2 1.88 11 500 5922 -7.2 -22.6 28 15.4 -11.9 280 11 324.2 324.5 291.3 328.6 1.24 12 450 6734 -12.8 -33.5 16 20.6 -17.3 287 25 327.1 327.2 291.4 329.0 0.50 13 400 7621 -18.6 -43.4 9 24.7 -22.3 286 28 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 14 350 8601 -26.4 -45.4 15 19.0 -28.6 296 42 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.19 15 300 9696 -34.9 -50.0 20 15.0 -36.1 288 54 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.6 0.13 16 250 10942 -43.8 -59.5 16 15.7 -44.5 282 58 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 17 200 12405 -54.5 -65.3 25 10.8 -54.7 281 54 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14219 -60.5 -77.1 9 16.7 -60.6 256 25 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16692 -66.1 -83.1 8 17.0 -66.2 213 12 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.65 m Freezing level: 558.68 mb = 5049.61 m = 16566.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.02 mb = 3988.75 m = 13086.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 455.32 mb = 6643.18 m = 21794.96 ft T: -12.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.07 C/km ThetaE index: 2.01 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 411.82 mb = 7401.87 m = 24284.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.16 C = 100.69 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5650.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 455.67 mb = 6637.41 m = 21776.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -8.5 tot: -7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 1.94 m/s