MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z WED 6 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 156 1 950 594 2 900 1057 3 850 1548 SFC 821 1843 18.9 0.1 28 18.9 8.8 161 6 309.0 309.9 289.8 323.5 4.68 5 800 2072 21.8 -0.6 22 22.4 9.5 166 9 314.4 315.3 291.4 329.0 4.57 6 750 2629 20.0 -2.8 21 22.8 7.8 233 12 318.2 319.1 292.2 331.7 4.15 7 700 3218 15.2 -5.4 24 20.5 4.8 247 18 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.2 3.66 8 650 3838 9.7 -6.7 31 16.4 1.7 249 20 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.7 3.57 9 600 4496 4.1 -6.7 45 10.9 -1.0 246 29 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.6 3.85 10 550 5196 -1.8 -7.7 64 5.8 -4.6 244 38 321.9 322.7 293.0 334.7 3.90 11 500 5946 -7.6 -16.3 50 8.7 -10.7 246 36 323.8 324.2 292.0 331.1 2.15 12 450 6757 -12.9 -23.9 39 11.0 -16.0 256 34 327.0 327.3 292.1 331.4 1.23 13 400 7645 -18.9 -26.7 50 7.8 -20.8 266 37 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.3 1.07 14 350 8624 -26.6 -28.9 81 2.3 -27.1 272 38 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.6 1.01 15 300 9718 -34.9 -36.9 83 1.9 -35.2 270 39 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.2 0.54 16 250 10963 -45.0 -45.9 90 0.9 -45.0 265 47 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.2 0.25 17 200 12418 -55.7 -60.3 57 4.5 -55.9 263 53 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14206 -64.5 -74.4 24 9.9 -64.6 264 49 358.9 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16672 -67.4 -82.8 10 15.3 -67.5 231 18 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.77 m Freezing level: 565.39 mb = 4980.78 m = 16340.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.79 mb = 4242.71 m = 13919.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 618.84 mb = 4241.99 m = 13917.11 ft T: 6.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 0.43 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 498.93 mb = 5962.64 m = 19562.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.00 C = 91.39 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5767.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 552.94 mb = 5153.41 m = 16907.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 91.81 m/s