MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z 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 163 1 950 600 2 900 1060 3 850 1548 SFC 821 1842 15.2 -1.6 31 16.8 6.6 122 3 305.1 305.8 288.0 317.8 4.13 5 800 2065 17.8 -2.4 25 20.2 7.3 115 4 310.1 310.8 289.6 322.7 4.00 6 750 2614 16.3 -5.4 22 21.7 5.5 53 6 314.3 314.9 290.3 325.2 3.41 7 700 3196 11.6 -7.6 25 19.2 2.6 48 9 315.3 315.9 290.3 325.3 3.08 8 650 3808 6.0 -11.6 27 17.7 -1.4 51 9 315.8 316.2 289.9 323.7 2.41 9 600 4457 1.1 -19.4 20 20.5 -6.0 26 9 317.4 317.6 289.3 322.0 1.37 10 550 5149 -4.1 -22.1 23 18.0 -9.6 358 9 319.3 319.5 289.8 323.3 1.18 11 500 5893 -9.4 -28.9 19 19.6 -14.2 337 9 321.6 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.70 12 450 6698 -14.4 -43.9 6 29.5 -19.0 327 12 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.17 13 400 7582 -19.2 -45.5 8 26.3 -22.8 325 15 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 14 350 8560 -26.8 -48.1 11 21.3 -29.0 308 19 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 15 300 9654 -34.8 -54.2 12 19.3 -36.1 299 21 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.08 16 250 10898 -45.1 -57.9 23 12.8 -45.6 274 25 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.06 17 200 12358 -53.5 -66.4 19 12.9 -53.8 258 52 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.03 18 150 14172 -61.9 -78.2 10 16.3 -62.1 257 59 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16637 -65.8 -82.9 8 17.0 -66.0 290 15 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.62 m Freezing level: 589.43 mb = 4603.39 m = 15102.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.00 mb = 3582.44 m = 11753.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.16 C = 77.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 636.71 mb = 3975.61 m = 13043.17 ft T: 4.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 494.73 mb = 5973.87 m = 19599.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lifted Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7697.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 564.72 mb = 4939.24 m = 16204.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 359.1 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 29.1 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -13.1 tot: -13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 17.45 m/s