MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 546 2 900 1012 3 850 1509 SFC 818 1843 26.6 0.7 18 26.0 11.7 318 6 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.2 4.90 5 800 2039 24.0 0.0 21 23.9 10.5 318 7 316.7 317.6 292.3 332.1 4.79 6 750 2597 18.7 -1.2 26 19.9 7.8 329 9 316.9 317.8 292.2 331.8 4.67 7 700 3182 13.0 -2.3 34 15.3 4.9 337 10 316.9 317.8 292.2 331.7 4.61 8 650 3798 7.3 -4.1 44 11.3 1.6 351 12 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.36 9 600 4450 1.4 -6.5 56 7.9 -2.3 8 14 317.7 318.5 291.8 330.5 3.93 10 550 5143 -4.4 -12.6 53 8.2 -7.6 13 9 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.7 2.64 11 500 5886 -9.0 -30.4 16 21.4 -14.1 325 9 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.61 12 450 6693 -14.7 -38.2 12 23.5 -18.9 327 12 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.32 13 400 7572 -21.6 -41.5 15 19.9 -24.4 301 17 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.25 14 350 8541 -29.0 -47.2 15 18.3 -30.7 298 23 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.15 15 300 9626 -35.6 -56.2 10 20.6 -36.8 301 33 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.06 16 250 10878 -42.1 -61.8 10 19.7 -42.9 286 46 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 17 200 12352 -52.4 -66.3 17 13.9 -52.7 266 54 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14164 -62.8 -75.2 17 12.4 -62.9 268 55 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16640 -66.1 -82.3 9 16.2 -66.2 274 17 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.14 m Freezing level: 587.85 mb = 4618.38 m = 15151.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.67 mb = 4057.06 m = 13310.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 557.09 mb = 5041.10 m = 16538.83 ft T: -3.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 537.01 mb = 5329.49 m = 17485.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4754.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 557.48 mb = 5035.45 m = 16520.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.8 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 4.8 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 3.07 m/s