MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 40.32,-108.46 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -108.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 552 2 900 1012 3 850 1498 SFC 801 1997 14.0 2.4 45 11.6 7.6 135 3 305.9 306.9 289.7 323.1 5.66 5 800 2013 16.4 2.0 38 14.4 8.5 139 4 308.7 309.7 290.5 325.8 5.55 6 750 2562 15.9 0.9 36 14.9 7.6 205 7 313.8 314.9 292.0 331.1 5.47 7 700 3143 11.3 -0.9 43 12.2 4.8 231 14 315.0 316.0 292.0 331.2 5.11 8 650 3756 5.8 -1.8 58 7.5 1.8 231 17 315.5 316.5 292.3 332.0 5.18 9 600 4405 0.1 -5.8 65 5.9 -2.7 226 19 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.5 4.14 10 550 5097 -3.1 -19.0 28 15.8 -8.5 219 24 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.7 1.55 11 500 5846 -7.1 -33.6 10 26.5 -13.2 211 23 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.45 12 450 6657 -13.3 -37.9 11 24.5 -17.9 207 19 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.33 13 400 7541 -20.4 -41.6 13 21.3 -23.5 205 18 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.25 14 350 8513 -28.5 -38.9 36 10.4 -29.9 206 18 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.8 0.38 15 300 9601 -35.4 -42.2 49 6.9 -36.1 264 24 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.7 0.31 16 250 10842 -45.7 -51.4 52 5.7 -46.0 252 29 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.13 17 200 12290 -56.7 -60.4 63 3.7 -56.8 250 36 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.06 18 150 14084 -61.7 -77.0 11 15.3 -61.9 247 28 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16570 -64.2 -83.0 6 18.8 -64.4 227 23 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.39 m Freezing level: 598.79 mb = 4421.44 m = 14505.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.65 mb = 4013.96 m = 13168.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.81 % Est. max temperature: 22.98 C = 73.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.46 mb = 3475.23 m = 11401.52 ft T: 8.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 543.55 mb = 5189.80 m = 17026.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 4.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5560.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.65 mb = 4328.76 m = 14201.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 26.13 m/s