MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 10 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 128 1 950 565 2 900 1028 3 850 1519 SFC 819 1843 17.8 -6.5 18 24.3 6.2 141 2 308.1 308.6 287.8 317.1 2.86 5 800 2041 21.5 -7.1 14 28.6 7.5 153 3 314.0 314.6 289.7 323.1 2.79 6 750 2597 19.7 -8.2 14 28.0 6.2 254 4 318.0 318.5 290.9 327.0 2.73 7 700 3185 15.5 -9.0 18 24.5 3.9 268 10 319.6 320.2 291.3 328.8 2.75 8 650 3807 10.4 -10.4 22 20.8 1.0 268 19 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.6 2.67 9 600 4466 5.0 -12.0 28 17.0 -2.3 273 27 321.9 322.4 291.8 330.4 2.55 10 550 5168 -0.9 -15.2 33 14.3 -6.5 283 27 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.2 2.13 11 500 5920 -6.0 -21.2 29 15.2 -10.9 282 21 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.6 1.41 12 450 6737 -11.3 -27.8 24 16.5 -15.6 290 10 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.2 0.86 13 400 7628 -18.2 -30.2 34 11.9 -20.9 324 7 331.3 331.4 292.8 334.1 0.78 14 350 8610 -25.7 -38.2 30 12.5 -27.6 315 7 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.40 15 300 9707 -34.3 -46.5 28 12.2 -35.4 322 7 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.8 0.20 16 250 10953 -44.7 -52.1 43 7.4 -45.1 345 7 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.1 0.12 17 200 12409 -55.5 -61.7 46 6.2 -55.6 308 7 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.05 18 150 14190 -66.8 -72.0 48 5.2 -66.8 321 8 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16645 -63.7 -84.7 4 21.0 -63.9 2 10 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.32 m Freezing level: 557.70 mb = 5059.65 m = 16599.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.41 mb = 3993.90 m = 13103.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 566.73 mb = 4926.15 m = 16161.72 ft T: 1.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 420.12 mb = 7256.76 m = 23807.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.85 C = 101.93 F Cap Strength: 7.73 C Lifted Index: 7.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6994.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 506.36 mb = 5820.35 m = 19095.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.0 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 309.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 35.84 m/s