MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 12Z MON 11 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 134 1 950 571 2 900 1034 3 850 1525 SFC 819 1842 18.7 -6.6 17 25.3 6.6 137 4 309.0 309.5 288.1 318.1 2.85 5 800 2049 22.3 -7.3 13 29.7 7.8 128 6 314.9 315.5 289.9 323.9 2.75 6 750 2607 21.6 -8.3 13 29.9 6.9 74 7 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.1 2.73 7 700 3200 17.8 -9.1 15 26.8 4.8 63 13 322.2 322.7 292.1 331.4 2.75 8 650 3826 12.3 -10.5 19 22.7 1.8 70 9 322.8 323.3 292.2 331.7 2.65 9 600 4489 6.3 -11.5 27 17.8 -1.6 358 3 323.4 323.9 292.3 332.2 2.64 10 550 5193 -0.1 -13.1 37 13.0 -5.4 278 7 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.6 2.54 11 500 5947 -6.7 -16.3 46 9.6 -10.2 276 9 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.2 2.14 12 450 6759 -13.3 -21.9 48 8.6 -15.9 294 8 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.6 1.47 13 400 7644 -19.3 -31.1 34 11.9 -21.8 235 9 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.6 0.71 14 350 8623 -26.7 -36.5 39 9.7 -28.2 217 10 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.6 0.48 15 300 9715 -35.1 -38.6 70 3.5 -35.5 207 16 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.6 0.45 16 250 10961 -44.6 -49.3 60 4.6 -44.9 204 15 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.17 17 200 12416 -55.6 -60.7 53 5.1 -55.8 209 14 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14198 -64.8 -73.2 30 8.4 -64.9 261 12 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16667 -62.9 -84.5 4 21.6 -63.1 64 11 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.88 m Freezing level: 550.60 mb = 5184.79 m = 17010.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.39 mb = 4172.18 m = 13688.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 559.31 mb = 5057.37 m = 16592.21 ft T: 1.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.91 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 435.45 mb = 7005.91 m = 22985.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.17 C = 97.10 F Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lifted Index: 6.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6695.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 495.36 mb = 6018.61 m = 19745.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.6 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 348.6 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: -35.1 tot: -23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 24.23 m/s