MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 33.93,-104.70 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 521 2 900 997 SFC 865 1357 36.5 5.3 15 31.2 16.8 295 4 322.8 324.1 295.2 343.7 6.46 4 850 1510 33.8 4.6 16 29.1 15.7 301 5 321.5 322.8 294.7 341.8 6.28 5 800 2052 28.3 3.5 20 24.8 13.2 310 8 321.3 322.5 294.6 341.2 6.15 6 750 2618 22.9 2.2 26 20.7 10.6 314 10 321.4 322.6 294.5 340.8 6.00 7 700 3213 18.1 -0.8 28 18.9 7.5 329 12 322.5 323.5 294.1 339.3 5.14 8 650 3841 12.7 -3.7 32 16.4 4.0 338 9 323.3 324.2 293.9 338.0 4.47 9 600 4505 6.7 -6.2 39 12.9 0.3 355 7 323.8 324.6 293.6 337.1 4.00 10 550 5211 0.1 -8.6 52 8.7 -3.9 350 7 324.2 324.9 293.4 336.3 3.63 11 500 5966 -5.9 -15.6 46 9.7 -9.6 348 6 325.8 326.2 292.7 333.5 2.26 12 450 6783 -11.1 -31.8 16 20.7 -15.9 331 9 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.5 0.59 13 400 7675 -17.9 -41.6 11 23.7 -21.7 337 12 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.25 14 350 8657 -26.2 -37.6 33 11.4 -27.9 340 12 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.0 0.43 15 300 9754 -33.6 -35.0 87 1.4 -33.8 327 18 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.5 0.65 16 250 11004 -44.2 -46.6 77 2.4 -44.4 300 12 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.23 17 200 12462 -55.5 -59.4 61 3.9 -55.6 302 18 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14259 -64.5 -74.1 26 9.5 -64.6 312 11 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16686 -67.9 -82.3 11 14.4 -68.0 288 1 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5886.08 m Freezing level: 548.99 mb = 5226.55 m = 17147.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.95 mb = 4546.79 m = 14917.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.53 % Est. max temperature: 35.92 C = 96.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 550.26 mb = 5207.47 m = 17084.66 ft T: 0.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 12.23 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 531.05 mb = 5488.83 m = 18007.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.44 C = 101.18 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.72 C Cross Totals Index: 10.58 C K Index: 25.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 554.61 mb = 5143.54 m = 16874.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 439.61 mb = 6959.81 m = 22833.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.61 mb = 11013.96 m = 36134.60 ft B at Equ Level: 131.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.61 mb = 12795.12 m = 41978.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.3 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 3.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 47.49 Bulk Shear: 2.80 m/s