MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 6 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 162 1 950 599 2 900 1062 3 850 1553 SFC 822 1843 18.7 1.9 33 16.8 9.3 159 6 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.2 5.35 5 800 2076 21.2 1.2 26 20.1 9.9 156 10 313.8 314.8 291.7 330.2 5.21 6 750 2632 19.4 -0.6 26 20.0 8.3 228 8 317.7 318.6 292.6 333.3 4.88 7 700 3220 14.6 -2.3 31 16.9 5.6 247 17 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.6 4.62 8 650 3840 9.1 -3.1 42 12.2 2.7 243 21 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.3 4.67 9 600 4496 3.3 -4.0 59 7.3 -0.4 235 26 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.3 4.73 10 550 5195 -2.7 -5.3 82 2.7 -4.0 236 34 320.9 321.8 293.3 336.1 4.67 11 500 5943 -8.1 -14.0 62 6.0 -10.4 249 34 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.9 2.58 12 450 6753 -13.2 -22.9 44 9.8 -16.0 253 33 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.4 1.34 13 400 7640 -19.4 -24.3 65 4.9 -20.7 262 36 329.8 330.1 293.0 334.6 1.34 14 350 8617 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 265 39 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9709 -35.2 -40.5 58 5.3 -35.8 263 43 335.8 335.8 293.6 337.2 0.37 16 250 10955 -44.7 -47.9 70 3.2 -44.9 259 51 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.20 17 200 12410 -55.4 -59.6 59 4.2 -55.5 257 60 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14200 -64.6 -75.8 20 11.3 -64.7 263 59 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.0 -82.9 10 14.9 -68.1 220 20 396.2 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.83 m Freezing level: 572.52 mb = 4880.14 m = 16010.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.29 mb = 4410.90 m = 14471.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 639.14 mb = 3978.33 m = 13052.09 ft T: 7.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 528.32 mb = 5510.30 m = 18078.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: 2.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5031.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 575.38 mb = 4832.55 m = 15854.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 90.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 88.63 m/s