MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508250600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508250600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 25 AUG 25 Station: 43.05,-107.77 Latitude: 43.05 Longitude: -107.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 582 2 900 1043 3 850 1532 SFC 825 1787 18.2 9.8 58 8.3 12.9 91 6 307.8 309.5 293.3 336.0 9.29 5 800 2051 16.1 8.8 62 7.3 11.6 78 7 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.5 8.93 6 750 2597 13.0 5.1 59 7.9 8.3 7 9 310.7 312.1 292.6 333.5 7.38 7 700 3173 9.1 2.4 63 6.7 5.3 346 7 312.6 313.8 292.5 332.8 6.49 8 650 3785 6.1 -0.3 64 6.4 2.7 282 10 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.2 5.77 9 600 4436 1.4 -3.7 69 5.1 -1.2 279 12 317.7 318.7 292.6 333.4 4.87 10 550 5129 -4.4 -7.6 78 3.2 -5.8 297 16 318.8 319.6 292.2 331.6 3.93 11 500 5873 -9.2 -20.5 40 11.2 -12.8 303 16 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.9 1.50 12 450 6678 -15.0 -21.5 57 6.5 -16.9 322 14 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.7 1.52 13 400 7560 -19.7 -20.0 98 0.2 -19.8 289 21 329.3 329.7 293.4 336.2 1.96 14 350 8539 -26.4 -26.4 100 -0.0 -26.3 284 36 333.2 333.5 293.8 337.8 1.27 15 300 9632 -35.5 -35.6 100 0.0 -35.5 284 35 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.62 16 250 10874 -44.6 -44.6 100 -0.0 -44.6 279 66 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.9 0.29 17 200 12329 -54.7 -60.2 51 5.5 -54.8 277 71 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14149 -59.8 -78.0 8 18.2 -60.0 296 48 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16642 -64.4 -83.5 6 19.1 -64.6 322 32 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.30 m Freezing level: 587.94 mb = 4602.93 m = 15101.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.13 mb = 4233.16 m = 13888.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.80 % Est. max temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.72 mb = 2837.59 m = 9309.57 ft T: 11.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.07 mb = 4089.65 m = 13417.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.28 mb = 3288.70 m = 10789.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 515.28 mb = 5638.13 m = 18497.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 425.28 mb = 7101.40 m = 23298.27 ft B at Equ Level: 28.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 375.28 mb = 8028.00 m = 26338.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.8 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 335.8 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -23.6 tot: -7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 44.82 m/s