MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 37.35,-100.24 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -100.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 547 SFC 925 784 27.2 14.2 45 13.0 18.5 101 8 307.1 309.2 294.5 340.7 11.10 3 900 1023 25.2 12.5 45 12.7 16.9 101 11 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.4 10.20 4 850 1521 20.5 11.5 56 8.9 14.7 102 10 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.1 10.09 5 800 2041 15.5 10.5 72 5.0 12.3 103 8 307.7 309.5 293.8 338.0 10.02 6 750 2585 11.9 5.2 63 6.8 8.0 70 6 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.3 7.40 7 700 3160 8.5 -1.5 49 10.0 3.3 12 7 311.9 312.9 290.9 327.3 4.90 8 650 3768 4.0 -3.7 57 7.8 0.2 344 10 313.5 314.4 291.0 327.7 4.46 9 600 4414 0.4 -11.1 42 11.4 -4.4 324 12 316.5 317.1 290.4 325.5 2.74 10 550 5107 -3.1 -21.0 24 17.9 -8.9 322 13 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.8 1.30 11 500 5854 -7.6 -28.6 17 21.0 -13.0 318 13 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.4 0.73 12 450 6666 -12.9 -35.4 13 22.6 -17.4 315 10 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.42 13 400 7552 -19.8 -39.6 16 19.8 -22.9 307 9 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.31 14 350 8527 -27.5 -38.4 35 10.9 -29.0 282 11 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.2 0.40 15 300 9615 -36.6 -38.8 80 2.2 -36.8 262 13 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.5 0.44 16 250 10848 -47.4 -47.9 95 0.5 -47.4 233 18 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.20 17 200 12283 -57.5 -62.4 53 4.9 -57.6 256 21 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.04 18 150 14079 -62.1 -75.0 16 12.9 -62.2 270 30 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16568 -64.6 -83.7 6 19.1 -64.7 293 22 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.67 m Freezing level: 594.80 mb = 4485.92 m = 14717.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.86 mb = 3794.28 m = 12448.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.07 mb = 2417.28 m = 7930.60 ft T: 13.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.34 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.45 mb = 3083.48 m = 10116.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.09 C K Index: 29.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 271.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.99 mb = 2607.42 m = 8554.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.99 mb = 3730.07 m = 12237.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.99 mb = 11583.60 m = 38003.47 ft B at Equ Level: 265.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.99 mb = 13189.00 m = 43270.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.9 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 19.9 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -8.1 tot: -0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.30 Bulk Shear: 37.27 m/s