MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 49 1 950 487 2 900 957 3 850 1461 SFC 814 1844 34.2 -2.9 9 37.2 13.2 260 14 326.0 326.7 294.0 338.6 3.78 5 800 2003 31.5 -3.2 10 34.6 12.1 257 19 324.7 325.5 293.6 337.3 3.78 6 750 2574 25.9 -4.2 13 30.1 9.5 252 23 324.7 325.5 293.6 337.2 3.73 7 700 3173 20.1 -5.2 18 25.2 6.8 252 23 324.7 325.5 293.6 337.1 3.72 8 650 3804 14.0 -6.0 24 20.0 3.7 252 22 324.8 325.5 293.6 337.2 3.74 9 600 4470 7.5 -7.1 35 14.6 0.4 250 21 324.8 325.6 293.6 337.3 3.75 10 550 5178 0.7 -8.2 51 8.9 -3.5 247 21 324.9 325.6 293.7 337.3 3.74 11 500 5933 -6.6 -9.4 80 2.8 -7.8 245 21 325.0 325.8 293.7 337.5 3.75 12 450 6746 -13.1 -14.3 91 1.2 -13.6 254 23 326.7 327.3 293.4 336.3 2.81 13 400 7632 -19.4 -22.5 77 3.1 -20.3 263 30 329.7 330.0 293.1 335.2 1.57 14 350 8612 -25.9 -39.3 27 13.4 -27.8 255 32 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.3 0.36 15 300 9709 -34.3 -47.3 26 13.0 -35.5 261 30 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.18 16 250 10957 -44.2 -49.4 56 5.2 -44.5 269 26 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.17 17 200 12415 -55.7 -56.7 88 1.0 -55.8 273 28 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.09 18 150 14196 -65.4 -68.3 67 2.9 -65.5 268 39 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.03 19 100 16662 -65.1 -84.2 5 19.1 -65.3 273 13 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5884.51 m Freezing level: 545.46 mb = 5246.52 m = 17212.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.20 mb = 4535.78 m = 14881.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.71 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 472.91 mb = 6363.10 m = 20876.05 ft T: -10.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.66 C/km ThetaE index: 1.54 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.97 mb = 6378.43 m = 20926.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.24 C = 93.63 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 479.14 mb = 6262.09 m = 20544.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 444.14 mb = 6844.90 m = 22456.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 384.14 mb = 7929.15 m = 26013.96 ft B at Equ Level: 10.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 344.14 mb = 8732.34 m = 28649.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: -8.3 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 1.83 m/s