MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z THU 7 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 147 1 950 585 2 900 1048 3 850 1540 SFC 821 1843 19.0 3.4 36 15.6 10.0 162 5 309.1 310.2 291.0 327.5 5.95 5 800 2064 22.2 1.8 26 20.4 10.5 168 8 314.8 315.9 292.3 332.1 5.46 6 750 2622 20.9 -1.8 22 22.7 8.5 249 12 319.3 320.2 292.7 333.8 4.48 7 700 3213 16.2 -4.1 24 20.3 5.6 259 20 320.4 321.2 292.7 333.5 4.02 8 650 3836 10.5 -5.3 33 15.8 2.5 261 21 320.8 321.6 292.7 333.8 3.97 9 600 4495 4.4 -6.3 46 10.7 -0.8 249 23 321.2 322.0 292.9 334.3 3.98 10 550 5196 -1.8 -7.2 67 5.4 -4.3 245 33 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.3 4.06 11 500 5945 -8.2 -10.4 84 2.2 -9.1 251 38 323.1 323.8 292.9 334.6 3.46 12 450 6755 -13.2 -23.7 41 10.6 -16.2 257 36 326.7 326.9 292.0 331.1 1.25 13 400 7642 -19.0 -29.5 39 10.5 -21.3 261 33 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.3 0.83 14 350 8621 -26.4 -32.5 56 6.2 -27.5 263 33 333.2 333.4 293.3 335.9 0.71 15 300 9716 -34.7 -39.6 61 4.9 -35.3 258 37 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.1 0.41 16 250 10962 -44.8 -45.1 97 0.2 -44.9 260 41 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.5 0.27 17 200 12414 -55.4 -61.4 47 6.0 -55.6 263 47 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14211 -64.0 -76.5 17 12.5 -64.1 265 48 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16662 -67.3 -83.2 9 15.9 -67.4 224 14 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.79 m Freezing level: 564.35 mb = 4994.59 m = 16386.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.98 mb = 4332.19 m = 14213.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.03 mb = 3835.71 m = 12584.19 ft T: 10.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 0.26 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.14 mb = 5619.45 m = 18436.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5114.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 562.33 mb = 5017.15 m = 16460.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 85.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 84.80 m/s