MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 92 1 950 530 2 900 997 3 850 1496 SFC 817 1844 27.7 2.1 19 25.7 12.6 235 7 318.8 319.8 293.4 336.3 5.43 5 800 2029 25.9 1.2 20 24.7 11.6 244 11 318.7 319.7 293.2 335.5 5.20 6 750 2592 21.7 -1.0 22 22.7 9.0 252 13 320.2 321.1 293.2 335.6 4.75 7 700 3184 16.4 -2.5 27 18.9 6.2 256 14 320.7 321.6 293.2 335.5 4.56 8 650 3807 10.7 -4.0 35 14.7 3.1 261 14 321.1 321.9 293.2 335.4 4.39 9 600 4467 4.9 -5.8 46 10.7 -0.4 266 16 321.8 322.6 293.2 335.4 4.13 10 550 5170 -0.9 -8.4 57 7.5 -4.3 273 20 323.1 323.8 293.1 335.3 3.69 11 500 5921 -7.5 -10.9 77 3.4 -8.9 273 24 323.9 324.6 293.1 335.0 3.34 12 450 6733 -13.0 -15.2 83 2.2 -13.7 262 28 326.9 327.5 293.3 335.9 2.62 13 400 7621 -19.0 -19.6 95 0.6 -19.2 250 33 330.3 330.7 293.7 337.4 2.02 14 350 8601 -26.0 -26.2 98 0.2 -26.1 249 36 333.7 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.28 15 300 9697 -34.8 -35.1 97 0.3 -34.9 246 34 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.7 0.64 16 250 10939 -46.0 -46.0 100 0.0 -46.0 244 38 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.7 0.25 17 200 12384 -57.1 -57.7 93 0.6 -57.2 248 56 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.08 18 150 14169 -63.1 -75.8 16 12.7 -63.2 256 50 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16657 -64.5 -83.9 5 19.4 -64.7 299 15 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.58 m Freezing level: 557.50 mb = 5064.17 m = 16614.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4391.17 m = 14406.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 559.45 mb = 5031.98 m = 16508.91 ft T: 0.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 0.78 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 514.16 mb = 5701.14 m = 18704.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4237.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 542.00 mb = 5285.11 m = 17339.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 14.22 m/s