MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 39.35,-106.89 Latitude: 39.35 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 202 1 950 638 2 900 1096 3 850 1578 4 800 2089 5 750 2631 SFC 729 2870 9.7 -1.9 44 11.6 3.8 154 3 309.6 310.5 289.9 323.9 4.58 7 700 3214 14.6 -2.2 31 16.8 5.6 231 5 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.6 4.64 8 650 3836 10.8 -3.7 36 14.5 3.2 269 14 321.1 322.0 293.3 335.7 4.47 9 600 4496 5.0 -5.8 45 10.9 -0.3 282 20 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.5 4.12 10 550 5198 -1.3 -7.7 62 6.4 -4.3 277 19 322.5 323.3 293.2 335.3 3.89 11 500 5950 -7.2 -14.1 58 6.9 -9.8 272 25 324.3 324.8 292.5 333.0 2.57 12 450 6764 -11.8 -31.5 18 19.6 -16.4 266 30 328.3 328.5 291.9 330.6 0.61 13 400 7653 -18.5 -36.5 19 18.0 -21.8 266 32 331.0 331.0 292.4 332.6 0.42 14 350 8634 -25.7 -41.3 22 15.6 -27.8 261 36 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.2 0.29 15 300 9731 -34.6 -38.0 72 3.3 -35.0 264 32 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.4 0.48 16 250 10977 -45.0 -46.8 82 1.8 -45.2 258 32 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.0 0.23 17 200 12431 -55.7 -61.8 46 6.2 -55.8 267 41 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.05 18 150 14222 -64.2 -76.7 16 12.6 -64.3 283 44 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16663 -66.0 -83.2 7 17.2 -66.1 275 18 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.14 m Freezing level: 560.41 mb = 5052.27 m = 16575.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.72 mb = 4431.76 m = 14539.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.71 % Est. max temperature: 21.21 C = 70.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 610.71 mb = 4350.50 m = 14273.13 ft T: 6.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 501.76 mb = 5921.88 m = 19428.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.52 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5116.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 540.03 mb = 5342.62 m = 17528.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.0 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 298.0 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 61.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 60.67 m/s