MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.04,-100.12 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 537 SFC 925 770 27.0 17.6 56 9.4 20.4 114 14 306.9 309.5 296.3 348.6 13.85 3 900 1014 25.2 16.2 57 9.0 19.0 120 22 307.5 310.0 295.9 346.7 12.99 4 850 1515 22.9 13.8 57 9.1 16.8 143 14 310.1 312.3 295.7 346.0 11.76 5 800 2040 19.0 12.2 64 6.9 14.5 187 11 311.4 313.6 295.7 345.8 11.20 6 750 2591 14.3 10.5 78 3.7 11.9 220 11 312.1 314.1 295.6 345.1 10.73 7 700 3170 9.6 7.5 87 2.1 8.3 260 12 313.1 314.9 294.8 342.1 9.36 8 650 3782 5.5 0.7 71 4.8 2.8 304 18 315.1 316.3 293.0 334.7 6.19 9 600 4432 1.6 -9.2 44 10.8 -3.2 316 25 317.9 318.6 291.2 328.3 3.17 10 550 5126 -3.9 -14.6 43 10.7 -7.9 310 24 319.4 319.9 290.8 326.9 2.23 11 500 5869 -10.1 -18.6 50 8.5 -12.9 302 25 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.6 1.76 12 450 6671 -16.3 -25.5 45 9.2 -18.6 317 22 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.06 13 400 7546 -22.3 -31.9 42 9.6 -24.1 318 30 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.3 0.66 14 350 8512 -29.8 -38.8 41 9.0 -31.0 312 32 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.38 15 300 9591 -37.7 -48.6 31 10.9 -38.5 319 31 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 16 250 10829 -44.4 -56.7 24 12.3 -45.0 327 48 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.07 17 200 12300 -51.2 -63.9 21 12.7 -51.5 324 43 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.04 18 150 14155 -54.7 -78.8 4 24.0 -55.1 307 36 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.01 19 100 16690 -63.2 -83.7 5 20.5 -63.4 40 2 405.6 405.6 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.05 m Freezing level: 585.64 mb = 4631.18 m = 15193.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.54 mb = 4080.51 m = 13387.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.72 mb = 1967.76 m = 6455.83 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 22.18 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.52 mb = 2835.26 m = 9301.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 44.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1720.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.51 mb = 2405.47 m = 7891.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.51 mb = 3271.13 m = 10731.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.51 mb = 11626.85 m = 38145.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1715.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.51 mb = 14977.54 m = 49138.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.4 neg: -1.8 tot: 216.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 9.00 Bulk Shear: 191.05 m/s