MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 42.75,-103.11 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 1 950 603 2 900 1072 SFC 892 1155 24.7 15.0 55 9.6 18.1 175 16 307.8 310.0 295.4 344.4 12.14 4 850 1568 19.0 13.7 71 5.3 15.5 177 22 306.1 308.3 294.6 341.2 11.69 5 800 2086 14.2 12.6 90 1.7 13.1 178 22 306.3 308.5 294.6 341.0 11.52 6 750 2629 11.2 8.5 83 2.7 9.6 185 17 308.8 310.5 293.6 337.2 9.34 7 700 3207 11.4 -1.5 41 12.9 4.5 226 7 315.1 316.0 291.9 330.7 4.91 8 650 3821 6.8 -4.9 43 11.7 1.0 286 11 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.8 4.09 9 600 4472 1.3 -8.3 49 9.6 -3.0 279 16 317.6 318.2 291.3 328.7 3.40 10 550 5164 -4.6 -12.9 52 8.4 -7.8 277 19 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.1 2.57 11 500 5906 -10.9 -17.2 60 6.3 -12.9 295 18 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.5 1.99 12 450 6705 -17.5 -23.3 60 5.8 -19.0 286 20 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.7 1.30 13 400 7575 -24.1 -26.6 80 2.5 -24.6 273 16 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.5 1.09 14 350 8535 -31.5 -32.0 96 0.4 -31.6 251 17 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.75 15 300 9605 -40.4 -42.0 85 1.6 -40.5 234 15 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.32 16 250 10825 -48.0 -59.4 25 11.5 -48.4 259 18 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12287 -49.8 -71.2 6 21.4 -50.3 249 24 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14155 -53.2 -79.9 3 26.6 -53.7 267 30 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16706 -62.4 -84.3 4 21.9 -62.6 300 19 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.21 m Freezing level: 589.19 mb = 4621.38 m = 15161.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.44 mb = 3979.44 m = 13055.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.21 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.11 mb = 2362.48 m = 7750.83 ft T: 12.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.26 mb = 2470.20 m = 8104.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.97 C = 76.95 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 30.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1500.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.15 mb = 2286.35 m = 7501.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.15 mb = 4388.67 m = 14398.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.15 mb = 11481.85 m = 37669.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1482.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.15 mb = 14318.21 m = 46975.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -14.7 tot: 15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 22.30 Bulk Shear: 67.29 m/s