MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.30,-106.86 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -106.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 1 950 631 2 900 1087 3 850 1567 4 800 2074 5 750 2611 SFC 719 2963 5.5 -5.1 46 10.7 0.6 149 1 306.3 307.0 287.9 317.6 3.63 7 700 3185 10.8 -6.3 29 17.2 2.6 275 2 314.5 315.1 290.4 325.4 3.40 8 650 3800 7.9 -9.8 27 17.8 -0.0 300 8 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.1 2.79 9 600 4452 1.9 -12.5 33 14.5 -4.0 306 16 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.4 2.43 10 550 5146 -4.2 -16.4 38 12.2 -8.5 298 24 319.2 319.5 290.5 325.7 1.93 11 500 5888 -10.7 -19.8 47 9.1 -13.5 288 29 320.0 320.3 290.4 325.4 1.59 12 450 6688 -16.9 -27.5 39 10.7 -19.3 288 35 322.0 322.2 290.3 325.2 0.89 13 400 7563 -21.8 -44.4 11 22.6 -24.7 294 43 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.18 14 350 8531 -29.1 -49.1 13 19.9 -31.0 297 51 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 15 300 9616 -36.3 -56.4 11 20.1 -37.5 297 63 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 16 250 10861 -43.0 -63.5 9 20.4 -43.8 301 78 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12339 -50.2 -70.6 7 20.5 -50.6 297 77 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14196 -56.0 -80.5 3 24.5 -56.3 290 36 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16697 -65.6 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.7 279 6 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.37 m Freezing level: 584.20 mb = 4671.39 m = 15325.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.74 mb = 3790.31 m = 12435.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.92 % Est. max temperature: 16.98 C = 62.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 609.64 mb = 4322.35 m = 14180.77 ft T: 3.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 485.16 mb = 6116.66 m = 20067.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.55 C = 65.38 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 2.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7246.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 516.72 mb = 5631.87 m = 18477.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 96.70 m/s