MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 4 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 115 1 950 551 2 900 1013 3 850 1501 SFC 817 1843 16.8 -9.2 16 26.0 5.2 150 5 307.2 307.6 286.9 314.6 2.32 5 800 2021 20.7 -10.5 11 31.2 6.5 154 10 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.2 2.14 6 750 2576 19.9 -13.1 10 33.0 5.2 211 11 318.2 318.5 290.1 324.4 1.85 7 700 3165 15.8 -14.5 11 30.3 2.8 244 18 319.9 320.3 290.5 325.9 1.77 8 650 3786 10.3 -15.8 14 26.2 -0.3 242 18 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.71 9 600 4444 4.6 -17.6 18 22.1 -3.8 229 17 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.9 1.60 10 550 5144 -1.4 -20.6 22 19.2 -7.8 210 20 322.5 322.7 290.9 327.1 1.35 11 500 5895 -7.2 -26.7 19 19.5 -12.5 231 23 324.3 324.4 290.9 327.3 0.86 12 450 6705 -13.4 -35.4 14 22.0 -17.8 256 27 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.0 0.42 13 400 7590 -19.6 -42.4 11 22.8 -23.0 263 40 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.23 14 350 8567 -26.3 -45.1 15 18.8 -28.5 270 49 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 15 300 9661 -35.2 -36.4 89 1.1 -35.4 274 59 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.9 0.57 16 250 10906 -43.9 -47.5 68 3.5 -44.2 270 66 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12373 -53.3 -57.3 61 4.0 -53.4 278 77 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14184 -61.3 -75.6 13 14.3 -61.4 265 36 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16639 -65.1 -83.2 6 18.1 -65.2 207 14 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.04 m Freezing level: 561.56 mb = 4982.38 m = 16346.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.44 mb = 3728.96 m = 12233.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 550.62 mb = 5135.23 m = 16847.65 ft T: -1.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 816.7--1821066112.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 397.46 mb = 7636.45 m = 25053.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.95 C = 100.31 F Cap Strength: 7.65 C Lifted Index: 6.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8261.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 474.73 mb = 6293.70 m = 20648.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.5 neg: -7.1 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 59.59 m/s