MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 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 58 1 950 497 2 900 965 3 850 1466 SFC 815 1843 30.7 3.6 18 27.2 14.1 230 18 322.2 323.4 294.8 341.9 6.07 5 800 2003 28.4 3.1 20 25.3 13.1 230 23 321.4 322.5 294.5 340.7 5.97 6 750 2570 23.5 0.5 22 23.1 10.2 235 18 322.1 323.2 294.1 339.3 5.28 7 700 3166 18.0 -1.4 27 19.3 7.2 247 13 322.4 323.3 294.0 338.5 4.95 8 650 3792 12.0 -3.3 34 15.3 3.9 275 10 322.6 323.5 293.7 337.7 4.61 9 600 4455 5.8 -5.3 45 11.1 0.3 307 11 322.9 323.7 293.6 337.0 4.30 10 550 5159 -0.7 -6.9 63 6.2 -3.7 315 14 323.2 324.0 293.5 336.9 4.14 11 500 5913 -6.5 -9.7 78 3.2 -7.9 301 15 325.1 325.8 293.7 337.3 3.65 12 450 6728 -12.1 -13.9 87 1.8 -12.8 284 17 328.0 328.6 293.8 338.0 2.91 13 400 7619 -18.1 -18.9 93 0.8 -18.3 263 19 331.5 332.0 294.1 339.1 2.16 14 350 8604 -24.8 -25.9 90 1.1 -25.0 258 24 335.4 335.7 294.4 340.2 1.32 15 300 9705 -33.7 -36.1 79 2.4 -34.0 259 30 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.1 0.59 16 250 10956 -43.6 -46.0 77 2.4 -43.7 253 36 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.3 0.25 17 200 12415 -55.9 -56.3 94 0.5 -55.9 253 38 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.09 18 150 14193 -65.4 -69.8 54 4.4 -65.4 285 33 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16664 -64.9 -84.6 5 19.8 -65.0 218 8 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.22 m Freezing level: 555.57 mb = 5080.68 m = 16668.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.76 mb = 4498.92 m = 14760.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 546.99 mb = 5202.54 m = 17068.49 ft T: -1.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 5.06 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.97 mb = 5572.64 m = 18282.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.78 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 538.15 mb = 5331.37 m = 17491.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 463.15 mb = 6505.15 m = 21342.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.15 mb = 7936.19 m = 26037.04 ft B at Equ Level: 11.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 333.15 mb = 8956.18 m = 29383.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -13.4 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 27.36 m/s