MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z WED 6 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 157 1 950 594 2 900 1057 3 850 1549 SFC 821 1843 18.7 0.2 29 18.5 8.7 164 5 308.7 309.6 289.8 323.3 4.72 5 800 2073 22.1 -0.4 22 22.5 9.7 162 7 314.7 315.6 291.6 329.5 4.63 6 750 2630 20.3 -2.9 21 23.2 7.9 234 11 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.9 4.10 7 700 3220 15.6 -5.1 24 20.7 5.0 249 17 319.8 320.5 292.3 332.0 3.74 8 650 3841 10.1 -6.5 30 16.6 2.0 251 19 320.4 321.1 292.3 332.3 3.62 9 600 4500 4.5 -7.2 42 11.7 -1.1 243 28 321.3 322.0 292.7 333.5 3.71 10 550 5201 -1.5 -8.4 60 6.8 -4.6 241 38 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.5 3.70 11 500 5951 -7.3 -18.6 40 11.3 -11.1 248 37 324.2 324.5 291.8 330.2 1.76 12 450 6764 -12.3 -29.5 22 17.2 -16.5 259 36 327.7 327.9 291.8 330.4 0.74 13 400 7654 -17.9 -35.1 21 17.2 -21.2 271 38 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.6 0.48 14 350 8638 -25.2 -34.9 40 9.7 -26.8 271 40 334.8 334.9 293.6 336.9 0.56 15 300 9737 -33.7 -37.4 70 3.6 -34.2 268 39 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.8 0.51 16 250 10987 -44.2 -47.4 71 3.1 -44.4 265 44 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.21 17 200 12443 -55.5 -59.4 61 3.9 -55.6 264 49 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14229 -65.7 -74.7 27 9.1 -65.7 266 49 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16686 -68.7 -82.5 12 13.8 -68.8 204 18 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.70 m Freezing level: 562.65 mb = 5023.39 m = 16480.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.94 mb = 4257.39 m = 13967.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 622.65 mb = 4195.00 m = 13762.94 ft T: 7.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 494.92 mb = 6030.01 m = 19783.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.63 C = 92.54 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5920.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 551.23 mb = 5182.80 m = 17003.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 95.86 m/s