MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.43,-103.46 Latitude: 40.43 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 571 2 900 1044 SFC 871 1333 30.5 12.4 33 18.1 18.3 157 17 315.9 317.9 296.3 348.6 10.44 4 850 1550 26.5 11.2 38 15.3 16.4 161 22 313.9 315.8 295.4 344.5 9.87 5 800 2080 21.2 10.0 49 11.3 14.0 165 22 313.8 315.6 295.3 343.9 9.68 6 750 2634 16.1 8.7 62 7.4 11.4 169 19 314.0 315.8 295.1 343.4 9.44 7 700 3216 10.9 6.7 75 4.2 8.3 172 15 314.5 316.2 294.8 342.0 8.82 8 650 3832 8.6 -8.7 28 17.3 0.6 317 10 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.7 3.06 9 600 4486 3.1 -13.6 28 16.6 -3.7 295 13 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.1 2.24 10 550 5183 -3.2 -17.2 33 14.0 -8.2 299 15 320.2 320.6 290.7 326.3 1.80 11 500 5927 -9.6 -21.6 37 12.0 -13.2 295 17 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.0 1.36 12 450 6730 -16.2 -27.4 37 11.2 -18.8 281 17 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.0 0.89 13 400 7604 -23.6 -27.6 69 4.1 -24.4 278 26 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.9 0.99 14 350 8566 -30.4 -31.6 90 1.1 -30.6 285 36 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.5 0.78 15 300 9643 -38.7 -40.6 83 1.8 -38.9 272 54 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.1 0.37 16 250 10874 -45.9 -55.2 34 9.3 -46.3 266 68 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.09 17 200 12352 -48.1 -70.2 6 22.0 -48.7 276 48 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 14213 -56.5 -78.6 5 22.1 -56.8 269 38 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16735 -63.8 -83.7 5 19.9 -64.0 346 5 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.80 m Freezing level: 575.69 mb = 4825.00 m = 15829.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.92 mb = 3921.32 m = 12865.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.05 mb = 3591.71 m = 11783.67 ft T: 9.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 22.61 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.52 mb = 4054.72 m = 13302.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.54 C = 92.38 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 43.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1496.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.56 mb = 3499.02 m = 11479.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.56 mb = 4599.82 m = 15091.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.56 mb = 11381.65 m = 37340.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1491.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.56 mb = 14572.78 m = 47810.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.4 neg: -11.6 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 15.58 Bulk Shear: 96.04 m/s