MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.65,-104.15 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -104.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1026 3 850 1521 SFC 836 1663 23.3 11.8 48 11.5 15.7 204 7 312.0 314.0 295.3 344.2 10.44 5 800 2046 19.9 9.9 53 10.0 13.5 203 14 312.4 314.2 294.8 342.2 9.65 6 750 2600 17.0 6.7 51 10.3 10.6 185 19 315.0 316.6 294.5 340.8 8.23 7 700 3185 13.3 2.7 49 10.6 7.1 191 20 317.2 318.5 293.9 338.3 6.64 8 650 3804 9.6 -7.6 29 17.2 1.4 235 7 319.8 320.5 291.9 330.8 3.33 9 600 4462 4.2 -13.2 27 17.4 -3.0 304 10 321.0 321.5 291.3 328.7 2.30 10 550 5161 -2.0 -17.6 29 15.6 -7.7 306 15 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.6 1.74 11 500 5909 -8.5 -22.8 31 14.3 -12.8 287 18 322.6 322.9 290.8 326.9 1.22 12 450 6716 -14.1 -30.9 23 16.8 -17.9 288 26 325.5 325.6 291.1 327.8 0.64 13 400 7599 -20.3 -42.3 12 22.0 -23.5 291 37 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.23 14 350 8573 -27.4 -46.0 15 18.6 -29.4 293 47 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.18 15 300 9664 -35.4 -48.4 25 13.0 -36.5 294 56 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 16 250 10908 -44.2 -49.5 55 5.3 -44.6 290 66 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.17 17 200 12373 -53.7 -60.1 45 6.4 -53.9 292 68 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.06 18 150 14192 -60.5 -76.5 11 16.0 -60.7 288 31 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16661 -66.2 -83.0 8 16.8 -66.4 178 18 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.11 m Freezing level: 566.24 mb = 4934.02 m = 16187.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.99 mb = 4009.27 m = 13153.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.47 mb = 3119.03 m = 10232.90 ft T: 13.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 17.26 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.18 mb = 4337.08 m = 14229.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.87 mb = 3515.46 m = 11533.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.87 mb = 5191.69 m = 17032.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.87 mb = 11234.51 m = 36858.18 ft B at Equ Level: 576.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.87 mb = 13868.38 m = 45499.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.2 neg: -26.8 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 15.02 Bulk Shear: 38.94 m/s