MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.99,-111.38 Latitude: 36.99 Longitude: -111.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 555 2 900 1027 SFC 865 1375 30.1 1.4 16 28.8 13.5 253 10 316.0 317.0 292.2 331.6 4.88 4 850 1535 30.5 1.6 16 28.9 13.6 258 17 318.1 319.1 292.9 334.3 5.04 5 800 2072 26.5 0.2 18 26.3 11.4 246 20 319.4 320.3 293.0 335.0 4.85 6 750 2635 21.4 -1.6 21 23.1 8.7 236 19 319.9 320.7 292.9 334.6 4.53 7 700 3226 15.9 -3.4 26 19.3 5.7 230 18 320.1 321.0 292.8 334.0 4.25 8 650 3848 10.0 -4.8 35 14.8 2.5 229 16 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.8 4.13 9 600 4506 3.8 -6.1 48 9.9 -1.0 230 12 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.7 4.03 10 550 5204 -2.7 -8.0 67 5.3 -5.1 227 7 320.9 321.6 292.6 333.4 3.81 11 500 5953 -7.3 -22.5 29 15.2 -12.0 227 20 324.1 324.4 291.3 328.5 1.25 12 450 6765 -12.4 -31.9 18 19.5 -16.8 240 28 327.6 327.8 291.6 329.8 0.59 13 400 7653 -19.0 -38.3 16 19.4 -22.2 253 31 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.35 14 350 8634 -25.5 -43.5 17 18.0 -27.8 264 45 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.3 0.23 15 300 9733 -33.8 -47.6 24 13.8 -35.0 265 53 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.5 0.17 16 250 10982 -44.5 -52.9 38 8.5 -44.9 264 53 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.11 17 200 12451 -49.8 -69.4 8 19.6 -50.3 268 59 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 18 150 14282 -60.1 -77.4 9 17.3 -60.3 258 34 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16742 -67.0 -83.0 9 16.0 -67.1 181 8 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.16 m Freezing level: 570.90 mb = 4912.39 m = 16116.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.48 mb = 4309.91 m = 14139.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.31 % Est. max temperature: 33.96 C = 93.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 567.33 mb = 4955.41 m = 16257.71 ft T: -0.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.54 C/km ThetaE index: 6.55 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 518.16 mb = 5672.49 m = 18610.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.01 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.84 C Cross Totals Index: 8.89 C K Index: 20.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4936.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 546.95 mb = 5248.07 m = 17217.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -30.7 tot: -25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 4.09 m/s