MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 133 1 950 570 2 900 1033 3 850 1523 SFC 819 1843 18.7 -8.8 15 27.5 6.1 160 5 309.0 309.4 287.6 316.6 2.39 5 800 2045 21.6 -9.1 12 30.6 7.1 170 8 314.2 314.6 289.3 322.0 2.41 6 750 2601 19.4 -6.7 16 26.1 6.4 238 14 317.6 318.2 291.0 327.7 3.08 7 700 3188 14.5 -7.4 21 21.9 3.9 251 21 318.6 319.2 291.4 328.9 3.13 8 650 3808 9.2 -7.4 30 16.6 1.3 247 26 319.3 320.0 291.8 330.4 3.37 9 600 4464 3.8 -7.6 43 11.4 -1.5 238 36 320.5 321.3 292.3 332.4 3.60 10 550 5163 -2.2 -9.6 57 7.4 -5.4 228 41 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.6 3.37 11 500 5912 -8.5 -14.1 64 5.6 -10.6 234 36 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.3 2.56 12 450 6720 -14.1 -17.9 73 3.8 -15.3 247 39 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.7 2.08 13 400 7604 -20.1 -24.1 70 4.0 -21.1 250 45 328.9 329.1 292.7 333.7 1.36 14 350 8579 -27.3 -29.8 79 2.5 -27.8 259 49 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.3 0.92 15 300 9670 -35.5 -36.0 95 0.6 -35.5 258 56 335.3 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.59 16 250 10916 -44.0 -44.3 97 0.3 -44.0 254 66 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.30 17 200 12374 -55.5 -57.1 83 1.5 -55.6 259 69 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.09 18 150 14170 -63.1 -75.0 18 11.9 -63.2 247 59 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16646 -64.9 -83.2 6 18.3 -65.1 261 15 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.59 m Freezing level: 568.24 mb = 4908.38 m = 16103.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.30 mb = 4099.27 m = 13448.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 540.53 mb = 5299.73 m = 17387.34 ft T: -3.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 446.39 mb = 6780.36 m = 22244.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lifted Index: 5.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6705.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 508.57 mb = 5778.14 m = 18956.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: -5.3 tot: 94.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 102.56 m/s