MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 141 1 950 579 2 900 1042 3 850 1535 SFC 820 1843 18.8 2.2 33 16.6 9.5 161 4 309.0 310.1 290.6 325.9 5.47 5 800 2060 22.4 1.4 25 21.0 10.4 160 7 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.8 5.28 6 750 2618 21.0 -1.0 23 22.1 8.8 243 12 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.7 4.73 7 700 3209 16.2 -2.6 27 18.8 6.1 256 20 320.4 321.3 293.1 335.1 4.51 8 650 3832 10.5 -3.7 37 14.2 3.1 256 24 320.9 321.7 293.2 335.5 4.49 9 600 4492 4.7 -4.7 50 9.4 -0.0 247 28 321.6 322.4 293.4 336.3 4.50 10 550 5194 -1.1 -8.2 59 7.1 -4.4 246 37 322.7 323.5 293.1 335.1 3.74 11 500 5946 -6.5 -18.2 39 11.6 -10.6 244 38 325.1 325.4 292.1 331.3 1.83 12 450 6760 -12.4 -24.9 34 12.5 -15.9 250 38 327.6 327.8 292.2 331.6 1.12 13 400 7648 -18.4 -32.2 29 13.8 -21.2 257 37 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.5 0.64 14 350 8631 -25.2 -38.3 28 13.1 -27.2 261 35 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.3 0.40 15 300 9730 -34.2 -42.9 41 8.7 -35.1 258 39 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.3 0.29 16 250 10978 -44.2 -51.7 43 7.5 -44.6 256 43 340.3 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.13 17 200 12436 -55.2 -60.0 55 4.8 -55.3 250 54 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.06 18 150 14227 -64.4 -72.9 30 8.5 -64.5 257 44 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16667 -67.3 -83.0 9 15.7 -67.4 252 15 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.55 m Freezing level: 559.80 mb = 5056.05 m = 16587.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.61 mb = 4483.41 m = 14709.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 639.19 mb = 3970.59 m = 13026.72 ft T: 9.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 508.40 mb = 5814.40 m = 19075.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.61 C = 92.51 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5211.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 562.31 mb = 5015.11 m = 16453.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 98.82 m/s