MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 124 1 950 561 2 900 1023 3 850 1514 SFC 818 1843 18.1 2.1 34 16.0 9.2 159 5 308.4 309.5 290.3 325.3 5.45 5 800 2036 21.1 1.3 27 19.9 9.9 151 9 313.7 314.7 291.7 330.2 5.24 6 750 2592 19.0 -1.5 25 20.6 7.9 211 8 317.3 318.1 292.2 331.9 4.56 7 700 3180 15.3 -5.0 24 20.3 4.9 261 16 319.4 320.1 292.2 331.7 3.76 8 650 3801 10.6 -8.3 26 18.9 1.6 262 18 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.3 3.15 9 600 4460 4.6 -9.4 36 13.9 -1.7 262 19 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.8 3.13 10 550 5160 -2.2 -9.2 59 7.0 -5.3 261 23 321.4 322.1 292.5 332.8 3.46 11 500 5908 -9.1 -11.4 83 2.3 -10.1 264 28 321.9 322.6 292.4 332.5 3.20 12 450 6715 -14.5 -25.5 39 11.1 -17.3 284 29 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.8 1.07 13 400 7598 -19.3 -32.4 31 13.0 -22.0 284 30 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.2 0.63 14 350 8578 -25.6 -39.1 27 13.5 -27.6 301 24 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.6 0.37 15 300 9675 -34.8 -42.3 46 7.5 -35.5 311 21 336.4 336.4 293.7 337.6 0.31 16 250 10919 -45.1 -52.1 45 7.0 -45.4 305 23 339.0 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.12 17 200 12369 -56.9 -58.9 78 2.0 -57.0 301 27 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.07 18 150 14152 -64.2 -72.3 32 8.1 -64.3 321 21 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16636 -64.0 -84.6 4 20.6 -64.2 317 4 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.05 m Freezing level: 566.47 mb = 4929.90 m = 16174.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.02 mb = 4110.96 m = 13487.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.83 mb = 3880.05 m = 12729.67 ft T: 9.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.94 C/km ThetaE index: 0.57 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 524.22 mb = 5536.87 m = 18165.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5045.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 568.79 mb = 4890.18 m = 16043.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 80.65 m/s