MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 38.95,-104.62 Latitude: 38.95 Longitude: -104.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 537 2 900 1000 3 850 1492 4 800 2016 SFC 788 2147 22.3 9.1 43 13.3 13.7 146 7 316.3 318.1 295.6 345.3 9.22 6 750 2571 17.2 6.8 50 10.4 10.7 135 5 315.2 316.8 294.6 341.2 8.29 7 700 3154 11.8 4.8 62 7.1 7.6 103 4 315.6 317.1 294.3 339.8 7.70 8 650 3769 6.4 3.0 79 3.3 4.5 8 2 316.2 317.6 294.1 339.4 7.35 9 600 4421 1.2 -0.2 91 1.3 0.4 309 9 317.5 318.7 293.7 337.6 6.32 10 550 5116 -2.9 -7.1 73 4.2 -4.9 305 22 320.6 321.4 292.7 333.9 4.07 11 500 5864 -7.7 -22.8 29 15.1 -12.2 314 21 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.0 1.23 12 450 6675 -13.0 -36.8 12 23.8 -17.6 315 17 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.36 13 400 7561 -19.7 -38.3 18 18.6 -22.8 313 15 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.7 0.35 14 350 8536 -27.4 -41.7 24 14.3 -29.2 307 20 331.9 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.28 15 300 9625 -36.2 -44.6 42 8.3 -37.0 303 24 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.3 0.24 16 250 10863 -45.7 -55.5 32 9.8 -46.1 297 35 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.5 0.08 17 200 12317 -55.2 -64.2 32 9.0 -55.4 296 43 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14110 -64.1 -72.4 31 8.3 -64.2 301 37 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16593 -65.2 -82.6 7 17.4 -65.3 290 14 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.96 m Freezing level: 585.66 mb = 4620.10 m = 15157.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.97 mb = 4474.53 m = 14680.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.26 % Est. max temperature: 22.49 C = 72.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 647.19 mb = 3804.64 m = 12482.27 ft T: 6.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.73 mb = 4053.01 m = 13297.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.74 C = 72.94 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.03 mb = 3920.71 m = 12863.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.03 mb = 4245.93 m = 13930.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.03 mb = 11606.89 m = 38079.89 ft B at Equ Level: 542.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.03 mb = 13985.23 m = 45882.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.7 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 342.7 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -10.1 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.63 Bulk Shear: 47.45 m/s