MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z 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 95 1 950 532 2 900 996 3 850 1488 SFC 816 1844 19.8 0.5 28 19.2 9.2 177 4 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.7 4.88 5 800 2014 23.8 -0.1 21 23.8 10.4 226 8 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.7 4.76 6 750 2574 21.3 -2.6 20 23.9 8.3 261 18 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.5 4.22 7 700 3165 16.5 -5.2 22 21.7 5.4 267 21 320.8 321.5 292.5 332.9 3.70 8 650 3789 11.0 -6.4 29 17.4 2.4 268 23 321.5 322.2 292.7 333.5 3.65 9 600 4449 4.8 -6.9 43 11.7 -0.8 262 28 321.7 322.4 292.9 334.2 3.81 10 550 5150 -1.6 -8.0 62 6.4 -4.5 251 32 322.2 323.0 293.0 334.8 3.81 11 500 5901 -6.9 -14.0 57 7.1 -9.6 254 34 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.4 2.60 12 450 6715 -12.2 -25.0 34 12.8 -15.7 275 32 327.9 328.2 292.2 331.9 1.12 13 400 7604 -18.4 -32.4 28 14.0 -21.2 276 30 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.4 0.63 14 350 8588 -24.7 -33.4 44 8.7 -26.3 275 30 335.4 335.5 293.8 337.8 0.65 15 300 9691 -32.9 -40.0 49 7.1 -33.7 279 24 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.6 0.39 16 250 10945 -43.6 -49.4 52 5.8 -44.0 287 23 341.2 341.3 294.8 341.9 0.17 17 200 12404 -56.0 -59.1 69 3.0 -56.1 287 24 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.07 18 150 14181 -66.0 -69.9 58 3.9 -66.0 292 25 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16633 -65.8 -84.5 6 18.7 -66.0 275 15 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.55 m Freezing level: 562.30 mb = 4977.72 m = 16330.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.42 mb = 4280.14 m = 14042.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 611.76 mb = 4288.98 m = 14071.29 ft T: 6.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 0.53 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 492.77 mb = 6013.82 m = 19730.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.38 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4634.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 539.79 mb = 5297.80 m = 17381.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.2 neg: -3.0 tot: 84.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 49.19 m/s