MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.7,-108.71 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -108.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 1 950 590 2 900 1049 3 850 1535 4 800 2050 SFC 796 2093 14.1 10.6 80 3.4 11.9 172 4 306.6 308.5 293.6 337.2 10.15 6 750 2596 13.8 8.3 70 5.5 10.4 185 8 311.5 313.3 294.3 339.9 9.21 7 700 3175 10.9 5.6 70 5.2 7.7 211 14 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.2 8.21 8 650 3790 7.1 2.5 72 4.6 4.4 220 11 317.0 318.3 294.1 339.3 7.05 9 600 4444 2.4 -1.4 76 3.8 0.4 222 8 318.9 320.0 293.7 337.4 5.78 10 550 5141 -2.4 -5.9 77 3.5 -4.1 223 9 321.2 322.1 293.3 335.8 4.48 11 500 5891 -7.4 -9.3 87 1.8 -8.2 219 10 324.0 324.8 293.4 336.6 3.80 12 450 6705 -11.9 -13.8 86 1.9 -12.6 227 12 328.3 328.8 293.9 338.2 2.92 13 400 7598 -17.3 -18.8 89 1.4 -17.8 232 18 332.5 332.9 294.3 340.1 2.17 14 350 8585 -24.3 -24.5 98 0.2 -24.4 232 19 336.0 336.3 294.7 341.4 1.50 15 300 9689 -32.8 -33.0 98 0.2 -32.9 243 22 339.1 339.3 294.8 342.1 0.79 16 250 10943 -43.7 -43.7 100 -0.0 -43.7 250 28 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12412 -51.1 -57.9 44 6.8 -51.3 265 33 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.2 0.08 18 150 14234 -62.5 -77.7 11 15.1 -62.6 258 34 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16685 -68.2 -82.3 12 14.1 -68.3 308 12 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.53 m Freezing level: 575.06 mb = 4791.81 m = 15720.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.53 mb = 4503.75 m = 14775.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.13 % Est. max temperature: 23.94 C = 75.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.90 mb = 2529.33 m = 8298.22 ft T: 13.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 635.16 mb = 3978.87 m = 13053.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.03 mb = 3282.24 m = 10768.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.03 mb = 5491.95 m = 18017.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 456.03 mb = 6602.25 m = 21660.67 ft B at Equ Level: 43.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 356.03 mb = 8458.66 m = 27751.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.1 neg: -4.1 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.56 Bulk Shear: 7.89 m/s