MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.05,-108.49 Latitude: 39.05 Longitude: -108.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 550 2 900 1012 3 850 1501 SFC 823 1775 17.6 -9.1 15 26.6 5.6 151 6 307.3 307.8 287.0 314.8 2.33 5 800 2021 21.1 -10.3 11 31.4 6.6 148 13 313.7 314.1 289.0 320.8 2.18 6 750 2577 20.2 -13.4 9 33.6 5.3 212 11 318.5 318.8 290.2 324.6 1.80 7 700 3166 15.9 -15.7 10 31.6 2.7 249 18 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.6 1.61 8 650 3788 10.1 -16.8 13 26.9 -0.6 247 17 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.8 1.58 9 600 4445 4.3 -19.0 16 23.3 -4.2 226 14 321.1 321.4 290.6 325.9 1.42 10 550 5144 -1.5 -23.2 17 21.7 -8.4 207 18 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.0 1.07 11 500 5895 -7.0 -30.7 13 23.8 -12.9 238 24 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.7 0.59 12 450 6706 -13.3 -37.3 11 24.0 -17.9 257 29 326.5 326.5 291.1 327.7 0.34 13 400 7590 -19.7 -46.3 7 26.7 -23.2 259 40 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.15 14 350 8568 -26.4 -45.0 16 18.5 -28.6 267 49 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.20 15 300 9662 -35.3 -44.2 40 8.9 -36.1 275 57 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.25 16 250 10907 -43.8 -49.5 53 5.7 -44.2 269 65 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.17 17 200 12371 -54.1 -59.4 52 5.3 -54.2 276 71 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.06 18 150 14184 -61.7 -74.9 16 13.2 -61.9 266 34 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16636 -64.8 -83.0 6 18.2 -65.0 193 14 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.44 m Freezing level: 563.02 mb = 4962.27 m = 16280.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.78 mb = 3675.04 m = 12057.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 549.90 mb = 5145.84 m = 16882.46 ft T: -1.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 823.2-272008302207532160516096.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 398.19 mb = 7623.19 m = 25010.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.56 C = 101.41 F Cap Strength: 7.91 C Lifted Index: 7.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8078.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 476.46 mb = 6266.14 m = 20557.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.8 neg: -11.4 tot: 71.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 69.41 m/s