MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 8 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 125 1 950 563 2 900 1026 3 850 1518 SFC 819 1844 19.5 -0.8 26 20.2 8.6 176 5 309.9 310.7 289.9 323.7 4.41 5 800 2043 22.9 -1.8 19 24.7 9.5 199 7 315.5 316.3 291.4 328.9 4.19 6 750 2601 20.3 -4.8 18 25.1 7.3 251 16 318.6 319.3 291.7 330.2 3.57 7 700 3190 15.4 -7.1 20 22.5 4.3 261 26 319.5 320.1 291.7 330.0 3.19 8 650 3811 9.8 -6.9 30 16.7 1.7 257 30 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.6 3.52 9 600 4469 3.9 -8.0 41 12.0 -1.6 247 32 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.1 3.48 10 550 5168 -2.0 -11.1 50 9.1 -5.8 247 37 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.6 2.98 11 500 5917 -8.1 -13.1 68 4.9 -10.1 246 42 323.1 323.7 292.4 332.5 2.80 12 450 6726 -13.8 -19.9 60 6.1 -15.7 242 40 325.9 326.2 292.3 332.0 1.76 13 400 7611 -19.2 -30.6 36 11.5 -21.6 244 43 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.8 0.75 14 350 8592 -25.7 -38.0 31 12.3 -27.6 253 46 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.41 15 300 9688 -34.9 -39.7 62 4.8 -35.4 257 48 336.2 336.3 293.8 337.8 0.41 16 250 10931 -45.2 -47.8 75 2.5 -45.4 253 49 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.20 17 200 12386 -55.5 -59.8 59 4.3 -55.6 243 52 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14174 -63.9 -71.7 33 7.9 -64.0 242 50 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.02 19 100 16648 -67.4 -83.1 9 15.6 -67.5 268 9 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.49 m Freezing level: 566.75 mb = 4933.51 m = 16185.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.27 mb = 4142.90 m = 13592.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 604.28 mb = 4410.08 m = 14468.58 ft T: 4.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 0.19 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 486.82 mb = 6122.17 m = 20085.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.68 C = 90.82 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5896.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 533.40 mb = 5408.72 m = 17744.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.3 neg: -5.2 tot: 79.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 93.85 m/s