MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.25,-111.84 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -111.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 1 950 591 2 900 1050 3 850 1535 4 800 2049 SFC 754 2548 13.7 7.9 68 5.8 10.1 138 4 310.9 312.6 293.9 338.3 8.89 6 750 2594 14.4 7.4 63 7.0 10.1 144 5 312.2 313.9 294.1 339.0 8.65 7 700 3175 11.5 4.1 60 7.4 7.1 152 9 315.2 316.6 293.9 338.2 7.35 8 650 3790 6.2 2.2 76 4.0 3.9 165 13 315.9 317.3 293.7 337.8 6.92 9 600 4440 1.0 -0.2 92 1.2 0.4 182 13 317.3 318.6 293.7 337.4 6.32 10 550 5135 -3.3 -3.7 97 0.4 -3.5 190 13 320.2 321.2 293.6 337.3 5.29 11 500 5885 -7.4 -9.9 82 2.6 -8.5 200 15 324.1 324.8 293.3 336.1 3.60 12 450 6699 -12.0 -13.7 87 1.7 -12.7 188 25 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.2 2.94 13 400 7592 -17.2 -21.7 68 4.4 -18.6 189 31 332.6 332.9 294.0 338.6 1.69 14 350 8579 -24.1 -25.1 92 1.0 -24.3 209 26 336.3 336.6 294.7 341.5 1.43 15 300 9685 -32.3 -32.6 97 0.3 -32.4 218 32 339.8 340.0 295.0 342.9 0.82 16 250 10940 -43.1 -43.1 100 -0.0 -43.2 212 42 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.3 0.34 17 200 12416 -51.0 -61.7 27 10.7 -51.3 241 36 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.3 0.05 18 150 14241 -61.0 -78.7 8 17.7 -61.2 240 28 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16701 -67.5 -81.9 11 14.4 -67.6 193 3 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.24 m Freezing level: 587.97 mb = 4607.61 m = 15116.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.20 mb = 4504.63 m = 14778.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.47 % Est. max temperature: 19.47 C = 67.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.01 mb = 3282.61 m = 10769.58 ft T: 10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 2.93 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.60 mb = 4218.59 m = 13840.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.15 C = 66.47 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 636.73 mb = 3957.39 m = 12983.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.73 mb = 4825.84 m = 15832.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.73 mb = 5702.18 m = 18707.73 ft B at Equ Level: 21.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 431.73 mb = 7013.13 m = 23008.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.9 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 217.9 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 26.31 m/s