MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 38.43,-104.37 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -104.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 514 2 900 986 3 850 1495 SFC 843 1566 35.7 -0.2 10 35.9 14.6 263 13 324.3 325.2 294.1 339.1 4.48 5 800 2037 29.2 -2.0 13 31.2 11.7 272 16 322.2 323.0 293.3 335.8 4.12 6 750 2605 23.6 -3.1 17 26.7 9.0 280 18 322.2 323.0 293.2 335.6 4.07 7 700 3199 17.9 -4.2 22 22.1 6.2 285 19 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.5 4.00 8 650 3826 11.9 -5.4 29 17.3 3.1 285 19 322.5 323.2 293.2 335.4 3.94 9 600 4488 5.8 -7.5 38 13.3 -0.6 281 20 322.9 323.6 293.0 334.9 3.63 10 550 5192 0.1 -11.2 42 11.3 -4.8 265 22 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.2 2.96 11 500 5947 -6.4 -10.3 74 3.9 -8.1 238 21 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.0 3.49 12 450 6761 -12.9 -13.6 94 0.7 -13.2 235 24 327.1 327.7 293.6 337.2 2.98 13 400 7649 -19.0 -30.5 35 11.6 -21.4 249 31 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.1 0.75 14 350 8628 -26.3 -40.0 26 13.8 -28.2 256 34 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.6 0.33 15 300 9723 -35.1 -41.7 51 6.6 -35.8 254 31 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.2 0.33 16 250 10966 -45.0 -45.5 95 0.5 -45.0 254 33 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.2 0.26 17 200 12421 -55.2 -59.7 57 4.5 -55.3 257 34 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.06 18 150 14211 -64.7 -73.0 31 8.2 -64.8 261 38 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16645 -67.9 -82.8 10 14.9 -68.0 220 10 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5872.91 m Freezing level: 548.99 mb = 5207.34 m = 17084.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.67 mb = 4382.76 m = 14378.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.85 C = 92.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 500.03 mb = 5946.48 m = 19509.21 ft T: -6.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 4.94 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 482.96 mb = 6214.94 m = 20389.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.24 C = 99.03 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3612.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 503.61 mb = 5890.02 m = 19323.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.76 Bulk Shear: 5.34 m/s