MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 40.02,-104.86 Latitude: 40.02 Longitude: -104.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 492 2 900 959 3 850 1460 SFC 841 1557 27.1 11.6 38 15.4 16.7 82 10 315.5 317.5 296.1 347.6 10.28 5 800 1992 22.8 10.0 44 12.8 14.4 90 12 315.4 317.3 295.7 345.7 9.68 6 750 2550 18.6 6.4 45 12.1 11.0 98 3 316.7 318.3 294.8 342.2 8.07 7 700 3137 13.5 3.3 50 10.2 7.5 284 5 317.5 318.8 294.2 339.5 6.94 8 650 3755 8.0 0.5 59 7.5 3.9 285 13 318.1 319.3 293.7 337.6 6.12 9 600 4409 2.1 -1.9 75 4.0 0.0 277 19 318.6 319.6 293.4 336.4 5.56 10 550 5105 -3.8 -4.7 93 1.0 -4.3 259 24 319.6 320.6 293.2 335.5 4.90 11 500 5851 -8.8 -12.6 74 3.7 -10.3 242 32 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.0 2.91 12 450 6661 -12.6 -31.6 19 19.0 -16.9 249 41 327.4 327.6 291.6 329.6 0.61 13 400 7549 -18.5 -42.3 10 23.8 -22.2 250 40 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.23 14 350 8532 -25.1 -51.4 7 26.3 -27.8 244 38 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.10 15 300 9633 -33.4 -55.7 9 22.3 -35.0 240 39 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.07 16 250 10885 -43.6 -58.8 17 15.2 -44.3 236 42 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12347 -54.7 -64.1 30 9.4 -54.9 237 41 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14141 -64.7 -72.3 34 7.6 -64.8 232 41 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16610 -65.5 -83.0 7 17.5 -65.6 273 18 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.52 m Freezing level: 581.99 mb = 4659.80 m = 15287.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4412.41 m = 14476.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.57 mb = 3495.24 m = 11467.17 ft T: 10.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 17.93 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.57 mb = 4003.25 m = 13133.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.71 C = 85.49 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 690.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 651.03 mb = 3741.93 m = 12276.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.03 mb = 4327.56 m = 14197.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.03 mb = 11841.75 m = 38850.41 ft B at Equ Level: 687.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.03 mb = 14735.94 m = 48345.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.9 neg: -23.0 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 4.73 Bulk Shear: 146.05 m/s