MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 8 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 119 1 950 557 2 900 1020 3 850 1512 SFC 818 1843 19.3 -2.3 23 21.6 8.0 172 6 309.7 310.5 289.4 322.1 3.94 5 800 2037 23.2 -3.4 17 26.6 9.1 181 7 315.8 316.5 291.1 327.8 3.71 6 750 2596 21.3 -6.8 15 28.1 7.1 254 14 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.8 3.06 7 700 3187 16.5 -7.4 19 23.9 4.7 267 24 320.7 321.4 292.0 331.1 3.14 8 650 3810 10.7 -7.0 28 17.7 2.1 264 27 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.6 3.48 9 600 4470 4.7 -7.7 40 12.4 -1.2 254 28 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.3 3.57 10 550 5170 -1.5 -11.2 47 9.7 -5.7 244 30 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.1 2.95 11 500 5922 -6.6 -20.6 32 14.0 -11.1 251 33 325.0 325.3 291.7 330.2 1.48 12 450 6736 -12.0 -26.4 29 14.4 -15.9 260 34 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.7 0.98 13 400 7625 -18.8 -30.3 36 11.5 -21.3 269 35 330.6 330.7 292.6 333.4 0.77 14 350 8604 -26.6 -37.7 34 11.1 -28.2 272 34 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.5 0.43 15 300 9698 -35.0 -44.3 38 9.3 -35.8 263 36 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.1 0.25 16 250 10944 -44.3 -49.8 54 5.5 -44.6 252 41 340.2 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.16 17 200 12403 -54.7 -61.7 41 7.0 -54.8 251 45 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.05 18 150 14195 -65.0 -75.3 23 10.3 -65.1 269 47 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16649 -66.0 -83.6 7 17.6 -66.1 229 16 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.56 m Freezing level: 562.19 mb = 4999.54 m = 16402.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.88 mb = 4227.68 m = 13870.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 591.53 mb = 4584.08 m = 15039.44 ft T: 3.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 448.63 mb = 6759.07 m = 22175.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.75 C = 98.15 F Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lifted Index: 5.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6083.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 514.51 mb = 5696.14 m = 18687.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.3 neg: -13.0 tot: 66.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 77.85 m/s