MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 5 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 136 1 950 573 2 900 1035 3 850 1524 SFC 819 1843 18.0 -11.5 12 29.5 5.2 163 5 308.2 308.6 286.9 314.5 1.93 5 800 2045 21.1 -11.7 10 32.8 6.4 183 8 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.1 1.95 6 750 2600 18.9 -12.1 11 31.0 5.0 243 18 317.1 317.5 289.9 323.8 2.01 7 700 3185 14.2 -13.8 13 28.0 2.2 249 27 318.2 318.6 290.1 324.5 1.88 8 650 3804 9.2 -16.7 14 25.9 -1.0 250 28 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.8 1.59 9 600 4460 3.7 -19.5 16 23.3 -4.6 244 30 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.1 1.35 10 550 5158 -2.1 -22.4 19 20.4 -8.5 236 32 321.6 321.9 290.5 325.6 1.15 11 500 5906 -8.0 -22.6 30 14.6 -12.4 235 34 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.6 1.25 12 450 6715 -14.1 -20.4 59 6.3 -16.0 242 37 325.5 325.8 292.0 331.3 1.67 13 400 7597 -20.8 -23.1 82 2.3 -21.4 251 45 327.9 328.2 292.6 333.2 1.49 14 350 8569 -28.1 -28.1 100 0.0 -28.0 256 53 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.8 1.08 15 300 9659 -35.6 -35.7 99 0.1 -35.6 258 64 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.61 16 250 10904 -44.0 -44.4 95 0.4 -44.0 252 72 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.29 17 200 12364 -55.4 -58.0 73 2.5 -55.5 255 73 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.08 18 150 14163 -62.8 -76.1 15 13.2 -63.0 247 64 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16642 -65.6 -82.9 7 17.3 -65.7 244 13 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.42 m Freezing level: 567.77 mb = 4909.65 m = 16107.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.15 mb = 3611.65 m = 11849.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 523.87 mb = 5539.90 m = 18175.30 ft T: -5.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 819.0-77061766818325623606345728.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 408.20 mb = 7444.96 m = 24425.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.18 C = 97.13 F Cap Strength: 7.26 C Lifted Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7544.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 478.57 mb = 6242.32 m = 20479.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 101.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 86.43 m/s