MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 38.43,-108.31 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -108.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 1 950 610 2 900 1069 3 850 1554 4 800 2067 SFC 780 2285 11.9 5.9 67 5.9 8.4 175 2 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.8 7.51 6 750 2612 14.0 5.3 56 8.7 8.8 209 3 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.8 7.44 7 700 3191 10.2 2.7 60 7.5 5.9 270 4 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.6 6.65 8 650 3802 4.9 0.1 71 4.8 2.3 264 7 314.5 315.6 292.6 333.1 5.92 9 600 4449 -0.9 -3.1 85 2.2 -2.0 260 11 315.0 316.0 292.0 331.1 5.07 10 550 5137 -5.9 -9.7 74 3.9 -7.5 268 13 317.1 317.7 291.1 327.9 3.32 11 500 5881 -7.3 -35.0 9 27.7 -13.4 251 19 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.39 12 450 6696 -10.7 -44.5 4 33.8 -16.5 242 31 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.16 13 400 7591 -16.5 -34.6 19 18.1 -20.2 245 33 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.4 0.51 14 350 8581 -24.0 -27.0 77 3.0 -24.7 259 47 336.4 336.7 294.5 340.8 1.20 15 300 9685 -32.8 -34.9 81 2.1 -33.1 259 54 339.1 339.3 294.7 341.6 0.66 16 250 10941 -42.6 -50.6 41 8.0 -43.0 268 60 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.15 17 200 12421 -50.7 -68.4 11 17.7 -51.1 249 65 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14242 -62.7 -78.6 10 15.9 -62.8 251 59 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16683 -69.6 -82.1 14 12.6 -69.6 212 15 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.73 m Freezing level: 608.13 mb = 4343.75 m = 14250.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.58 mb = 4137.51 m = 13574.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.80 % Est. max temperature: 19.92 C = 67.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.59 mb = 3041.56 m = 9978.75 ft T: 11.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 9.21 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.83 mb = 4134.29 m = 13563.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.98 C = 67.96 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: 2.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.39 mb = 3822.34 m = 12540.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.39 mb = 4536.52 m = 14883.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 533.39 mb = 5376.37 m = 17638.80 ft B at Equ Level: 47.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 483.39 mb = 6142.52 m = 20152.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 36.53 m/s