MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 5 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 135 1 950 572 2 900 1034 3 850 1524 SFC 819 1843 17.7 -11.4 13 29.1 5.1 160 5 308.0 308.3 286.8 314.2 1.95 5 800 2046 21.6 -11.4 10 33.0 6.6 169 7 314.2 314.6 289.0 320.8 2.00 6 750 2601 19.6 -12.2 11 31.8 5.2 239 13 317.9 318.2 290.1 324.5 1.99 7 700 3189 15.0 -13.8 12 28.9 2.6 250 18 319.1 319.5 290.4 325.4 1.87 8 650 3809 9.8 -14.0 17 23.8 -0.2 245 24 320.1 320.4 290.8 326.7 1.99 9 600 4466 4.4 -12.7 28 17.1 -2.8 238 34 321.2 321.6 291.5 329.2 2.40 10 550 5166 -1.8 -14.9 36 13.1 -6.8 233 39 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.3 2.19 11 500 5915 -7.9 -22.0 31 14.1 -12.2 238 35 323.4 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.31 12 450 6724 -13.9 -26.3 34 12.4 -17.1 250 36 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.2 0.99 13 400 7607 -20.3 -29.3 44 9.1 -22.2 252 45 328.7 328.8 292.2 331.7 0.84 14 350 8582 -27.4 -29.8 80 2.4 -27.9 256 52 331.7 331.9 293.1 335.1 0.92 15 300 9673 -35.0 -35.8 92 0.8 -35.1 259 63 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.3 0.60 16 250 10922 -43.7 -43.8 99 0.1 -43.7 254 71 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12385 -54.6 -56.7 78 2.1 -54.7 259 76 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.09 18 150 14179 -63.6 -73.4 25 9.8 -63.7 241 54 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16651 -66.1 -83.0 8 16.9 -66.2 219 13 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.55 m Freezing level: 564.57 mb = 4962.24 m = 16280.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.83 mb = 3772.55 m = 12376.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 526.85 mb = 5504.08 m = 18057.80 ft T: -4.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 403.91 mb = 7534.20 m = 24718.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.04 C = 98.67 F Cap Strength: 7.00 C Lifted Index: 6.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7778.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 475.06 mb = 6308.08 m = 20695.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 95.85 m/s