MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 104 1 950 543 2 900 1012 3 850 1516 SFC 819 1844 32.5 -2.8 10 35.4 12.7 258 14 323.6 324.4 293.4 336.2 3.79 5 800 2055 29.5 -3.6 11 33.1 11.3 255 19 322.6 323.4 293.0 334.8 3.66 6 750 2623 24.1 -4.7 14 28.7 8.8 250 21 322.7 323.4 293.0 334.6 3.60 7 700 3218 18.3 -5.5 19 23.9 5.9 248 20 322.8 323.5 293.0 334.7 3.61 8 650 3845 12.3 -6.6 26 18.8 2.9 245 20 322.8 323.6 293.0 334.8 3.60 9 600 4508 5.9 -7.7 37 13.6 -0.6 242 19 322.9 323.6 293.0 334.8 3.58 10 550 5212 -0.2 -10.6 45 10.4 -4.8 234 20 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.2 3.10 11 500 5967 -5.8 -17.3 40 11.5 -9.9 234 22 325.9 326.3 292.4 332.7 1.97 12 450 6781 -12.6 -19.9 54 7.3 -15.0 242 23 327.3 327.7 292.6 333.4 1.75 13 400 7668 -19.4 -24.8 62 5.4 -20.8 245 24 329.8 330.0 292.9 334.4 1.28 14 350 8647 -26.1 -32.4 55 6.4 -27.2 253 29 333.6 333.7 293.4 336.2 0.72 15 300 9743 -34.7 -35.0 97 0.3 -34.8 259 32 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.9 0.65 16 250 10991 -44.0 -44.0 100 -0.0 -44.0 260 39 340.6 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.31 17 200 12449 -55.6 -57.3 81 1.7 -55.6 272 52 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14240 -64.4 -74.2 25 9.8 -64.5 268 41 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16696 -65.6 -83.3 7 17.8 -65.7 235 2 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.97 m Freezing level: 551.80 mb = 5186.47 m = 17015.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.54 mb = 4390.93 m = 14405.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 487.61 mb = 6160.60 m = 20211.69 ft T: -7.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 1.53 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 463.28 mb = 6556.35 m = 21510.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.70 C = 96.26 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 2.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3753.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 489.00 mb = 6138.68 m = 20139.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -9.2 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 3.15 m/s