MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 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 145 1 950 583 2 900 1045 3 850 1535 SFC 820 1842 19.6 8.8 50 10.8 12.9 33 4 309.9 311.5 293.4 336.6 8.73 5 800 2055 17.0 8.3 57 8.7 11.6 34 3 309.2 310.8 293.2 335.5 8.61 6 750 2601 12.6 6.5 67 6.0 8.9 336 2 310.2 311.8 293.1 335.2 8.13 7 700 3177 8.7 4.0 72 4.7 6.0 317 5 312.1 313.5 293.0 334.8 7.30 8 650 3786 4.5 0.3 74 4.2 2.2 327 8 314.1 315.2 292.5 333.0 6.02 9 600 4433 0.0 -4.4 72 4.4 -2.1 324 10 316.1 317.0 291.9 330.9 4.60 10 550 5126 -3.1 -17.7 31 14.6 -8.2 296 14 320.4 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.73 11 500 5874 -7.4 -30.7 14 23.3 -13.2 279 20 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.1 0.59 12 450 6686 -12.0 -42.0 6 30.0 -17.3 263 28 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.21 13 400 7575 -19.2 -38.2 17 19.0 -22.4 249 35 330.0 330.0 292.1 331.3 0.35 14 350 8550 -27.2 -45.0 17 17.7 -29.2 243 41 332.1 332.1 292.5 332.8 0.20 15 300 9650 -32.0 -56.2 7 24.2 -33.8 246 53 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 16 250 10916 -39.3 -65.1 5 25.8 -40.4 241 63 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 17 200 12408 -50.5 -68.1 11 17.6 -50.9 241 58 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14232 -61.6 -77.6 10 15.9 -61.8 225 39 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16680 -68.5 -81.8 13 13.3 -68.6 182 13 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.22 m Freezing level: 599.59 mb = 4438.65 m = 14562.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.44 mb = 4110.25 m = 13484.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.56 % Est. max temperature: 22.85 C = 73.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.39 mb = 3195.71 m = 10484.48 ft T: 8.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 10.51 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.73 mb = 3751.50 m = 12307.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.50 C = 74.30 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4556.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.98 mb = 3307.24 m = 10850.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -7.8 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 37.62 m/s