MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 93 1 950 532 2 900 1002 3 850 1507 SFC 819 1844 33.7 0.1 12 33.6 13.9 242 14 325.0 325.9 294.4 340.6 4.72 5 800 2048 30.6 -0.3 14 30.9 12.6 241 19 323.7 324.7 294.1 339.1 4.67 6 750 2618 25.0 -1.5 17 26.5 10.0 239 22 323.7 324.6 294.0 338.7 4.57 7 700 3215 19.2 -2.5 23 21.7 7.3 238 21 323.7 324.6 294.0 338.7 4.54 8 650 3845 13.1 -3.5 31 16.7 4.2 238 20 323.8 324.7 294.0 338.8 4.53 9 600 4509 6.7 -4.7 44 11.4 0.8 238 20 323.9 324.8 294.0 338.7 4.50 10 550 5215 -0.1 -6.1 64 6.0 -3.0 239 20 324.0 324.9 294.0 338.5 4.41 11 500 5970 -6.1 -11.5 66 5.4 -8.4 246 22 325.6 326.2 293.4 336.3 3.18 12 450 6786 -11.4 -24.2 34 12.8 -15.0 248 29 328.9 329.2 292.6 333.2 1.20 13 400 7677 -18.3 -32.2 28 14.0 -21.2 251 33 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.6 0.64 14 350 8659 -25.9 -38.0 31 12.2 -27.7 251 38 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.41 15 300 9755 -34.3 -41.4 49 7.1 -35.1 249 42 337.1 337.1 293.9 338.4 0.34 16 250 11004 -44.2 -54.2 32 10.0 -44.7 251 48 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.10 17 200 12464 -54.8 -58.0 67 3.2 -54.9 252 45 346.0 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 18 150 14255 -65.2 -73.1 33 7.9 -65.3 263 43 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16702 -67.9 -82.7 10 14.8 -68.0 220 17 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5877.08 m Freezing level: 550.58 mb = 5207.10 m = 17083.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.14 mb = 4657.64 m = 15280.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.58 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 501.05 mb = 5953.25 m = 19531.44 ft T: -5.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.86 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 490.82 mb = 6113.40 m = 20056.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.89 C = 94.80 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 505.95 mb = 5876.09 m = 19278.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 380.95 mb = 8035.93 m = 26364.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.95 mb = 9275.15 m = 30429.92 ft B at Equ Level: 10.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.95 mb = 9965.09 m = 32693.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -5.2 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.46 Bulk Shear: 3.13 m/s