MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z MON 1 SEP 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 174 1 950 611 2 900 1072 3 850 1559 SFC 822 1842 16.0 -4.1 25 20.2 6.2 135 4 305.8 306.5 287.6 316.5 3.42 5 800 2077 18.5 -4.7 20 23.1 6.9 133 6 310.8 311.5 289.2 321.5 3.37 6 750 2628 17.3 -6.6 19 23.9 5.6 115 3 315.4 316.0 290.4 325.5 3.11 7 700 3212 13.3 -7.6 23 20.9 3.3 31 6 317.2 317.8 290.9 327.3 3.08 8 650 3829 7.8 -9.4 28 17.2 0.0 353 6 317.8 318.3 290.9 327.2 2.87 9 600 4481 1.6 -11.1 38 12.7 -3.8 306 5 318.0 318.5 290.8 326.9 2.73 10 550 5174 -4.2 -16.5 38 12.3 -8.6 238 5 319.1 319.5 290.5 325.5 1.91 11 500 5918 -8.9 -32.0 13 23.1 -14.2 322 4 322.2 322.4 290.0 324.1 0.52 12 450 6726 -13.6 -34.4 15 20.8 -17.9 39 6 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.8 0.46 13 400 7608 -20.9 -38.1 20 17.1 -23.7 37 5 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.36 14 350 8578 -28.7 -46.1 17 17.4 -30.5 323 7 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.17 15 300 9663 -37.2 -50.8 23 13.6 -38.1 281 12 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10899 -45.7 -58.5 22 12.8 -46.2 283 30 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12364 -50.5 -69.5 9 18.9 -51.0 269 60 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 18 150 14190 -62.0 -78.1 10 16.1 -62.1 278 52 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16656 -66.0 -83.1 7 17.1 -66.1 308 12 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.42 m Freezing level: 586.29 mb = 4670.72 m = 15323.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3832.07 m = 12572.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 606.13 mb = 4397.89 m = 14428.60 ft T: 2.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 463.96 mb = 6491.48 m = 21297.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.18 C = 93.52 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.90 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7839.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 544.07 mb = 5258.24 m = 17251.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.7 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 36.7 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -21.0 tot: -19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.15 Bulk Shear: 10.85 m/s