MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z WED 3 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 158 1 950 595 2 900 1056 3 850 1544 SFC 821 1843 16.6 -0.9 30 17.4 7.5 123 4 306.6 307.4 288.8 320.1 4.37 5 800 2062 18.5 -0.8 27 19.3 8.2 123 7 310.8 311.7 290.3 325.0 4.50 6 750 2614 17.5 -3.5 24 21.0 6.6 90 5 315.6 316.3 291.2 328.2 3.92 7 700 3198 13.6 -8.2 21 21.8 3.2 50 12 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.1 2.94 8 650 3816 8.2 -7.2 33 15.4 0.9 20 13 318.2 318.9 291.6 329.4 3.43 9 600 4469 2.1 -7.4 50 9.4 -2.3 355 11 318.5 319.2 291.9 330.5 3.66 10 550 5163 -4.4 -9.5 67 5.1 -6.6 331 11 318.9 319.5 291.7 329.9 3.38 11 500 5905 -10.5 -14.9 70 4.4 -12.1 318 10 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.41 12 450 6708 -15.2 -25.5 41 10.3 -17.9 335 12 324.1 324.3 291.1 327.9 1.06 13 400 7587 -21.7 -32.4 37 10.7 -23.7 324 16 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.0 0.63 14 350 8556 -29.0 -43.1 24 14.1 -30.6 320 15 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 15 300 9637 -37.7 -45.5 44 7.8 -38.3 308 22 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.22 16 250 10867 -47.6 -51.9 61 4.3 -47.8 316 23 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.13 17 200 12301 -59.5 -60.8 84 1.4 -59.5 280 25 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 18 150 14081 -61.4 -74.7 16 13.3 -61.6 287 27 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16573 -65.9 -83.3 7 17.4 -66.1 332 15 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.70 m Freezing level: 583.94 mb = 4691.95 m = 15393.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.93 mb = 3994.34 m = 13104.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 630.91 mb = 4059.06 m = 13316.96 ft T: 5.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 1.04 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.39 mb = 5579.00 m = 18303.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: 2.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5777.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 567.86 mb = 4908.13 m = 16102.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.0 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 21.0 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -43.7 tot: -43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 30.92 m/s