MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 117 1 950 554 2 900 1015 3 850 1504 SFC 817 1843 17.0 -9.6 15 26.6 5.2 149 6 307.5 307.9 287.0 314.7 2.26 5 800 2024 21.1 -10.2 11 31.3 6.6 157 10 313.6 314.0 289.0 320.8 2.19 6 750 2580 20.4 -12.8 10 33.2 5.5 221 10 318.7 319.1 290.3 325.1 1.90 7 700 3169 16.3 -14.5 11 30.8 3.0 242 16 320.5 320.8 290.7 326.5 1.77 8 650 3792 10.9 -15.9 14 26.7 -0.0 237 17 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.1 1.70 9 600 4451 5.0 -17.0 19 22.0 -3.4 223 17 321.9 322.3 291.0 327.7 1.68 10 550 5152 -1.2 -18.5 26 17.3 -7.4 220 20 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.2 1.62 11 500 5903 -7.4 -22.1 30 14.7 -11.9 235 23 324.0 324.3 291.3 328.6 1.30 12 450 6714 -13.1 -34.5 15 21.4 -17.5 253 31 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.5 0.46 13 400 7599 -19.3 -40.8 13 21.5 -22.6 262 39 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.27 14 350 8579 -26.1 -35.0 43 8.9 -27.6 273 45 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.7 0.56 15 300 9674 -34.8 -35.9 89 1.1 -35.0 272 56 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.6 0.59 16 250 10921 -43.3 -46.7 68 3.5 -43.5 270 56 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.23 17 200 12391 -53.2 -64.5 24 11.3 -53.5 279 64 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.03 18 150 14201 -62.3 -75.6 15 13.3 -62.4 255 38 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16647 -65.6 -83.1 7 17.6 -65.7 207 14 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.01 m Freezing level: 559.81 mb = 5014.73 m = 16452.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.64 mb = 3783.79 m = 12413.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 545.56 mb = 5216.11 m = 17113.00 ft T: -1.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 396.00 mb = 7673.22 m = 25174.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.52 C = 101.34 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.75 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8200.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 473.51 mb = 6321.62 m = 20739.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 57.85 m/s