MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 70 1 950 509 2 900 977 3 850 1479 SFC 816 1844 31.5 -13.7 5 45.2 10.2 247 14 322.9 323.3 291.3 328.5 1.63 5 800 2015 28.9 -15.3 5 44.2 8.8 245 19 322.0 322.2 290.9 326.9 1.45 6 750 2581 23.5 -16.5 6 39.9 6.1 241 21 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.9 1.41 7 700 3175 17.7 -17.5 8 35.2 3.2 238 21 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.9 1.38 8 650 3800 11.7 -18.4 10 30.1 -0.1 235 20 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.0 1.37 9 600 4460 5.5 -19.9 14 25.3 -3.7 232 20 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.0 1.31 10 550 5162 -0.4 -23.5 16 23.0 -7.8 234 20 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.2 1.05 11 500 5916 -5.9 -30.5 12 24.6 -12.2 244 22 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.60 12 450 6730 -12.5 -31.6 19 19.1 -16.8 251 28 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.8 0.60 13 400 7616 -19.7 -30.7 37 11.0 -22.0 251 35 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.74 14 350 8593 -27.2 -32.6 60 5.5 -28.1 253 42 332.1 332.3 293.0 334.7 0.70 15 300 9684 -35.5 -36.6 90 1.0 -35.7 257 49 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.4 0.56 16 250 10931 -43.1 -43.3 99 0.1 -43.2 261 55 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.2 0.33 17 200 12394 -55.2 -57.1 80 1.9 -55.2 255 59 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.09 18 150 14186 -62.9 -74.6 19 11.7 -63.0 262 45 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16658 -65.5 -83.1 7 17.6 -65.6 226 10 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.64 m Freezing level: 553.77 mb = 5109.38 m = 16762.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.48 mb = 3780.48 m = 12402.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 10.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 417.45 mb = 7295.22 m = 23934.14 ft T: -17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 367.14 mb = 8243.24 m = 27044.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.29 C = 102.72 F Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lifted Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6520.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 411.87 mb = 7396.34 m = 24265.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -8.8 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 3.28 m/s