MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.45,-102.48 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -102.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 1 950 596 2 900 1066 SFC 879 1272 26.5 13.9 46 12.6 17.9 167 17 310.8 313.0 295.7 345.8 11.40 4 850 1568 23.2 12.6 51 10.6 16.1 169 24 310.4 312.5 295.2 343.6 10.85 5 800 2093 18.1 11.7 66 6.4 13.9 173 25 310.5 312.5 295.2 343.6 10.84 6 750 2642 13.1 10.6 85 2.5 11.4 182 24 310.8 312.8 295.2 343.7 10.75 7 700 3222 11.1 6.2 72 4.9 8.2 238 24 314.8 316.5 294.7 341.6 8.56 8 650 3837 7.6 -3.3 46 10.9 2.0 273 11 317.6 318.4 292.4 332.4 4.62 9 600 4490 2.6 -10.7 37 13.4 -3.1 347 8 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.4 2.81 10 550 5186 -3.3 -17.2 33 14.0 -8.2 334 9 320.2 320.5 290.6 326.3 1.80 11 500 5931 -9.7 -21.2 39 11.4 -13.2 300 10 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.0 1.41 12 450 6735 -15.2 -28.5 31 13.3 -18.3 274 12 324.1 324.3 290.9 327.0 0.81 13 400 7613 -21.8 -25.6 71 3.9 -22.7 307 16 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.9 1.18 14 350 8582 -28.6 -29.1 96 0.5 -28.7 290 22 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.7 0.98 15 300 9670 -36.0 -36.1 99 0.1 -36.0 289 43 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.8 0.58 16 250 10912 -44.4 -44.9 94 0.6 -44.4 269 59 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.28 17 200 12377 -52.3 -59.1 44 6.8 -52.5 276 68 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.07 18 150 14235 -57.7 -74.4 10 16.6 -58.0 243 34 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16740 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.3 -65.8 336 3 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.40 m Freezing level: 577.73 mb = 4800.23 m = 15748.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.49 mb = 4085.58 m = 13403.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.23 mb = 2854.98 m = 9366.61 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 17.69 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.48 mb = 3566.82 m = 11702.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 40.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1066.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.54 mb = 2897.41 m = 9505.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.54 mb = 4590.35 m = 15060.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.54 mb = 11387.17 m = 37359.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1064.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.54 mb = 14550.03 m = 47735.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 17.82 Bulk Shear: 59.88 m/s