MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 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 115 1 950 553 2 900 1016 3 850 1508 SFC 818 1843 18.3 -5.1 20 23.4 6.9 144 3 308.8 309.4 288.3 318.9 3.20 5 800 2032 22.3 -6.4 14 28.8 8.0 141 4 315.0 315.5 290.1 324.5 2.95 6 750 2590 21.2 -7.9 13 29.0 6.8 157 0 319.6 320.1 291.4 328.9 2.82 7 700 3181 16.6 -8.7 17 25.3 4.4 337 3 320.9 321.4 291.8 330.3 2.84 8 650 3805 11.2 -10.1 21 21.3 1.4 285 10 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.8 2.73 9 600 4465 5.5 -10.2 31 15.7 -1.6 281 19 322.5 323.0 292.3 332.2 2.92 10 550 5168 -0.8 -12.7 40 11.9 -5.7 285 20 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.9 2.62 11 500 5921 -6.5 -19.4 35 12.8 -10.9 302 21 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.8 1.65 12 450 6733 -13.1 -25.7 34 12.6 -16.4 298 21 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.5 1.05 13 400 7620 -18.1 -39.8 13 21.7 -21.8 304 26 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.30 14 350 8606 -24.3 -35.8 34 11.4 -26.3 322 19 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.9 0.52 15 300 9709 -33.2 -44.9 30 11.7 -34.4 322 9 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.5 0.23 16 250 10961 -44.0 -50.1 51 6.1 -44.4 323 12 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.16 17 200 12417 -56.0 -57.3 86 1.2 -56.1 307 19 344.0 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.08 18 150 14197 -65.4 -68.5 65 3.1 -65.4 329 23 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.03 19 100 16644 -66.5 -84.4 6 18.0 -66.6 334 16 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.31 m Freezing level: 556.38 mb = 5078.21 m = 16660.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.14 mb = 4113.34 m = 13495.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 574.35 mb = 4818.06 m = 15807.08 ft T: 2.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 437.70 mb = 6941.93 m = 22775.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.38 C = 97.48 F Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lifted Index: 6.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6925.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 502.12 mb = 5887.35 m = 19315.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: -5.8 tot: 32.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 43.99 m/s