MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 40.11,-107.92 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -107.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 1 950 593 2 900 1057 3 850 1549 4 800 2073 SFC 792 2155 23.7 -5.1 14 28.7 8.8 321 5 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.0 3.31 6 750 2627 17.4 -6.7 19 24.2 5.6 335 4 315.5 316.1 290.4 325.5 3.07 7 700 3209 11.9 -8.4 23 20.3 2.5 344 3 315.7 316.2 290.3 325.1 2.90 8 650 3822 6.1 -10.3 30 16.4 -1.0 2 2 315.9 316.4 290.2 324.6 2.68 9 600 4470 0.0 -12.5 38 12.5 -5.0 18 2 316.1 316.6 290.0 324.2 2.45 10 550 5161 -4.4 -24.3 19 19.9 -10.2 300 1 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.2 0.97 11 500 5904 -9.0 -35.5 10 26.5 -14.5 337 6 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.5 0.37 12 450 6711 -14.0 -38.4 11 24.4 -18.4 337 12 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.31 13 400 7594 -20.8 -38.3 19 17.6 -23.5 337 15 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.35 14 350 8566 -28.1 -46.6 15 18.5 -30.0 320 16 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.5 0.17 15 300 9653 -36.0 -53.9 14 17.9 -37.1 306 20 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.08 16 250 10892 -46.1 -56.2 31 10.2 -46.5 284 22 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.08 17 200 12342 -54.7 -66.0 23 11.3 -54.9 262 38 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14160 -59.9 -78.3 7 18.3 -60.2 273 52 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16646 -64.6 -83.3 6 18.7 -64.7 285 15 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.40 m Freezing level: 599.90 mb = 4471.73 m = 14670.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.72 mb = 3637.16 m = 11932.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.76 % Est. max temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 516.09 mb = 5656.96 m = 18559.37 ft T: -7.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 5.81 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 459.47 mb = 6551.55 m = 21494.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6473.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 516.91 mb = 5644.58 m = 18518.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.7 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 6.7 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -54.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -2.3 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.92 Bulk Shear: 0.68 m/s