MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 10 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 123 1 950 561 2 900 1025 3 850 1517 SFC 819 1843 18.4 -2.8 24 21.1 7.6 154 2 308.7 309.4 288.9 320.6 3.81 5 800 2042 22.4 -3.9 17 26.3 8.7 128 2 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.5 3.58 6 750 2600 20.4 -3.8 19 24.2 7.6 11 5 318.8 319.5 292.0 331.3 3.85 7 700 3190 15.8 -4.6 24 20.4 5.3 1 6 320.0 320.8 292.4 332.7 3.88 8 650 3812 10.6 -7.2 28 17.8 2.0 328 12 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.2 3.41 9 600 4472 5.2 -11.1 30 16.3 -1.9 321 24 322.2 322.7 292.1 331.3 2.73 10 550 5174 -0.9 -14.5 35 13.7 -6.2 310 30 323.1 323.5 291.9 330.7 2.25 11 500 5925 -7.6 -17.7 44 10.1 -11.1 306 33 323.8 324.2 291.8 330.3 1.90 12 450 6736 -12.5 -28.6 25 16.1 -16.4 304 30 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.5 0.81 13 400 7627 -17.2 -43.0 9 25.9 -21.2 314 25 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.5 0.21 14 350 8613 -24.9 -41.6 20 16.7 -27.2 322 14 335.2 335.2 293.4 336.3 0.28 15 300 9712 -34.1 -42.6 42 8.4 -35.0 315 13 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.5 0.30 16 250 10960 -44.2 -51.6 44 7.4 -44.6 296 16 340.4 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.13 17 200 12421 -54.9 -60.8 48 5.9 -55.1 286 10 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.05 18 150 14208 -66.7 -68.0 83 1.3 -66.7 276 17 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.03 19 100 16658 -64.5 -84.4 5 20.0 -64.6 10 12 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.45 m Freezing level: 557.10 mb = 5074.18 m = 16647.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.93 mb = 4136.06 m = 13569.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 595.43 mb = 4533.36 m = 14873.04 ft T: 4.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 473.63 mb = 6341.98 m = 20806.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.47 C = 94.05 F Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lifted Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6280.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 532.88 mb = 5422.98 m = 17791.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 343.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: -20.8 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 69.10 m/s