MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 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 116 1 950 555 2 900 1023 3 850 1523 SFC 820 1843 29.4 -3.5 12 32.9 11.5 332 5 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.1 3.61 5 800 2057 26.6 -4.2 13 30.9 10.2 335 6 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.0 3.49 6 750 2620 21.3 -5.4 16 26.7 7.5 343 8 319.7 320.3 291.9 330.9 3.41 7 700 3210 15.6 -6.4 21 22.0 4.6 351 9 319.7 320.4 291.9 330.8 3.39 8 650 3831 9.8 -7.8 28 17.6 1.4 358 12 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.7 3.26 9 600 4488 3.8 -10.6 34 14.4 -2.5 7 13 320.5 321.1 291.7 329.9 2.83 10 550 5186 -2.4 -17.5 30 15.1 -7.8 18 8 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.3 1.76 11 500 5933 -8.3 -23.9 27 15.6 -12.8 78 1 322.9 323.1 290.8 326.7 1.10 12 450 6742 -13.7 -34.0 16 20.3 -17.9 223 5 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.48 13 400 7624 -20.9 -40.1 16 19.2 -23.8 260 5 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.29 14 350 8595 -28.6 -44.7 20 16.1 -30.4 300 7 330.1 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.20 15 300 9679 -36.3 -53.7 15 17.4 -37.4 302 20 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.09 16 250 10918 -45.5 -55.7 31 10.3 -45.9 294 30 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.08 17 200 12380 -53.0 -66.9 17 13.9 -53.4 283 49 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14192 -62.2 -77.5 11 15.2 -62.4 276 34 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16654 -67.1 -82.9 9 15.8 -67.2 315 20 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.17 m Freezing level: 569.21 mb = 4917.72 m = 16134.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.32 mb = 4057.12 m = 13310.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 504.60 mb = 5861.48 m = 19230.36 ft T: -7.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 5.37 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 473.14 mb = 6357.20 m = 20856.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.44 C = 92.18 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: 2.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5164.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 503.81 mb = 5873.82 m = 19270.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.9 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 18.9 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 0.42 m/s