MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 75 1 950 514 2 900 984 3 850 1488 SFC 817 1844 33.2 -1.0 11 34.1 13.4 267 10 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.0 4.37 5 800 2028 30.6 -1.5 13 32.0 12.3 263 14 323.7 324.6 293.8 337.9 4.29 6 750 2598 25.1 -2.6 16 27.6 9.7 254 17 323.8 324.6 293.7 337.8 4.22 7 700 3196 19.3 -3.5 21 22.8 7.0 252 19 323.9 324.7 293.8 337.8 4.22 8 650 3825 13.2 -4.5 29 17.7 3.9 251 20 323.9 324.8 293.8 337.9 4.21 9 600 4490 6.9 -5.7 40 12.6 0.5 252 22 324.1 324.9 293.8 337.8 4.15 10 550 5196 0.1 -7.3 57 7.4 -3.4 257 23 324.2 325.0 293.7 337.5 4.02 11 500 5951 -6.6 -10.3 75 3.7 -8.2 272 27 325.0 325.7 293.5 336.7 3.50 12 450 6764 -12.7 -17.0 70 4.3 -14.2 281 30 327.2 327.7 293.0 334.9 2.24 13 400 7652 -18.8 -28.1 43 9.4 -21.0 259 29 330.6 330.8 292.8 334.0 0.94 14 350 8632 -26.5 -34.1 49 7.6 -27.8 262 36 333.1 333.2 293.2 335.4 0.61 15 300 9725 -35.6 -36.4 92 0.8 -35.7 263 42 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.3 0.57 16 250 10969 -44.6 -44.7 100 0.0 -44.6 273 45 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.9 0.29 17 200 12421 -55.6 -63.5 36 8.0 -55.8 269 50 344.7 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14218 -63.4 -77.2 14 13.8 -63.5 264 47 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16679 -64.1 -84.0 5 19.9 -64.3 280 14 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5875.37 m Freezing level: 549.28 mb = 5207.29 m = 17084.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.13 mb = 4583.61 m = 15037.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 495.61 mb = 6018.67 m = 19746.06 ft T: -7.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.41 C/km ThetaE index: 1.29 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 487.01 mb = 6153.85 m = 20189.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.08 C = 93.34 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 497.74 mb = 5985.69 m = 19637.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 372.74 mb = 8170.18 m = 26804.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.74 mb = 9891.92 m = 32453.40 ft B at Equ Level: 14.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.74 mb = 10629.64 m = 34873.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 12.65 m/s