MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 169 1 950 606 2 900 1067 3 850 1555 SFC 822 1842 16.5 -3.2 26 19.7 6.6 141 5 306.3 307.0 288.0 317.7 3.67 5 800 2073 19.1 -3.9 21 23.0 7.4 143 9 311.5 312.2 289.6 322.8 3.58 6 750 2625 18.0 -5.6 20 23.6 6.2 153 4 316.1 316.7 290.9 327.0 3.36 7 700 3210 14.0 -6.9 23 20.9 3.8 4 4 317.9 318.6 291.3 328.5 3.25 8 650 3829 8.5 -8.0 30 16.6 0.8 348 6 318.6 319.2 291.5 329.1 3.21 9 600 4482 2.3 -8.3 45 10.6 -2.6 319 9 318.8 319.4 291.7 329.9 3.40 10 550 5177 -4.4 -9.0 70 4.6 -6.4 311 11 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.4 3.51 11 500 5919 -10.6 -11.5 93 0.9 -10.9 321 12 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.6 3.18 12 450 6721 -15.7 -25.7 42 10.0 -18.2 324 15 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.2 1.04 13 400 7601 -20.4 -45.3 9 24.9 -23.7 324 20 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.17 14 350 8576 -27.5 -43.4 21 15.9 -29.4 315 23 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.23 15 300 9663 -36.9 -47.2 34 10.3 -37.7 306 30 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.18 16 250 10896 -46.7 -56.6 31 9.9 -47.1 291 34 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12346 -55.2 -65.5 27 10.2 -55.4 279 46 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14153 -61.5 -77.7 10 16.2 -61.7 273 45 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16624 -66.1 -83.0 8 16.9 -66.2 297 14 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.33 m Freezing level: 582.93 mb = 4719.39 m = 15483.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.30 mb = 3976.93 m = 13047.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 610.50 mb = 4340.65 m = 14240.81 ft T: 3.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.06 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 501.27 mb = 5898.95 m = 19353.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.09 F Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lifted Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.91 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6806.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 546.42 mb = 5227.57 m = 17150.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.7 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 353.7 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -14.5 tot: -0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 44.71 m/s