MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z 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 145 1 950 583 2 900 1046 3 850 1538 SFC 820 1843 19.4 -0.3 26 19.8 8.8 162 5 309.6 310.5 289.9 323.8 4.55 5 800 2063 22.7 -1.2 20 24.0 9.6 164 8 315.4 316.2 291.5 329.3 4.36 6 750 2621 20.7 -3.8 19 24.5 7.8 236 10 319.0 319.8 292.2 331.5 3.85 7 700 3211 15.8 -4.6 24 20.4 5.3 248 21 320.0 320.8 292.4 332.7 3.89 8 650 3834 10.2 -5.0 34 15.2 2.5 245 28 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.8 4.05 9 600 4492 4.5 -5.9 47 10.3 -0.6 239 33 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.8 4.12 10 550 5193 -1.5 -9.3 55 7.8 -5.0 239 37 322.3 323.0 292.7 333.7 3.45 11 500 5944 -7.3 -16.0 50 8.7 -10.5 247 39 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.6 2.19 12 450 6756 -12.6 -28.6 25 16.0 -16.6 251 38 327.4 327.5 291.8 330.3 0.80 13 400 7644 -18.8 -34.4 24 15.7 -21.8 253 36 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.5 0.52 14 350 8624 -26.0 -36.4 37 10.4 -27.6 254 35 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.6 0.48 15 300 9722 -33.8 -41.1 47 7.4 -34.6 259 41 337.8 337.8 294.1 339.1 0.35 16 250 10974 -43.7 -47.5 66 3.8 -43.9 261 42 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.21 17 200 12436 -54.8 -61.6 43 6.8 -55.0 253 44 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.05 18 150 14224 -64.7 -72.3 34 7.6 -64.8 254 43 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16666 -68.1 -82.9 10 14.8 -68.2 228 10 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.97 m Freezing level: 562.65 mb = 5015.86 m = 16456.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.87 mb = 4357.94 m = 14297.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 610.11 mb = 4354.68 m = 14286.83 ft T: 5.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 486.72 mb = 6151.30 m = 20181.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.96 C = 93.13 F Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lifted Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6020.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 540.91 mb = 5324.35 m = 17468.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 102.57 m/s